Make Your Ownership Dreams Come True
Starting a new business or growing your existing business? Let our experts in small business administration lending work with you to explain your options and secure the funding you need to grow your business, and our community. Fortune looks beyond your financial figures to ensure that you qualify.
SBA 7(a) Loan Overview
Learn about the requirements, how funds are used and more.
7(a) & 504 Loan Differences
Review our chart of the differences to know which SBA loan is the one for you.
Meet Our Team
Carolyn Gegg
VP of SBA Lending
Carolyn Gegg has been part of the banking industry since 1985 and has specialized in U.S. Small Business Administration loans across the United States since 1992. Carolyn has also been recognized as one of the Top Three SBA Lenders in St. Louis since 1997. Carolyn was selected as the St. Louis Small Business Financial Service Advocate of the Year in 2002 and was elected to be the Committee Chair for Eastern Missouri Small Business Week in 2001. In 2013, the Small Business Monthly awarded her “Top 100 St. Louisans to Know How to Succeed in Business” award. She has also been a member of the Eastern Missouri Small Business Week Sponsorship Committee since 1999. She is an affiliate member of the St. Louis CCIM and St. Louis SIOR Chapters. Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a double major in Finance and Real Estate. She also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.