Radius Bank in Boston has recruited a team to lead a national push into Small Business Administration lending.
The $777 million-asset bank hired Diane Gallion, a former executive at The Bancorp in Delaware, as national director of government-guaranteed lending, according to the
Radius, which has business lending groups in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado and Arizona, already holds about $65 million in SBA loans. The bank reportedly wants to produce $200 million in loans annually.
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