First Western Bank & Trust SBA loans
Short answer
First Western Bank & Trust made 28 SBA loans from October 2023 to June 2026. The median term was 7 years, against 10 years for all lenders, per SBA's loan file.
- SBA loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026
- 28
- dollars approved
- $9.68M
- median loan
- $175,000
- through SBA Express
- 82.1%
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A small base
First Western Bank & Trust has 28 loans in the period shown. Medians and shares on so few loans can swing on a few loans, so use them as a rough guide.
Loan sizes
The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan First Western Bank & Trust approved from October 2023 to June 2026 was $175,000. A quarter of its loans were smaller than $71,875 and a quarter were larger than $300,000. For all lenders the median was $150,300. Its median loan is close to the all-lender median. The average loan was $345,629.
Shares are of all 28 loans. Fewer than 5 marks a band whose count we do not publish.
Age of the businesses it lends to
The largest group was businesses in operation more than 2 years, at 64.3% of this lender's loans, against 57.5% for all lenders.
Fewer than 5 marks a group whose count we do not publish.
SBA Express and lines of credit
82.1% of this lender's loans went through SBA Express, above the 35.8% for all lenders. 32.1% were lines of creditA credit limit you can draw on, repay and draw on again. , above the 28.1% for all lenders.
| Share of loans | First Western Bank & Trust | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| Through SBA Express | 82.1% | 35.8% |
| Lines of credit | 32.1% | 28.1% |
A line of credit lets a business draw money, repay it and draw again. SBA's file flags these loans as revolving.
What SBA Express means
An SBA Express loan can be up to $500,000. On these loans, the lender makes the credit decision without prior SBA review.
Source: SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 2, Para. B.1 (p. 126); SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 2, Para. C.2 (Para. C begins p. 127).
Where it lends
The most loans went to businesses in Minnesota: 18 of 28, or 64.3%. It made 5 or more loans in each of 2 states. State is where the business is, not where the lender is based.
| State | Loans | Share of its loans |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 18 | 64.3% |
| North Dakota | 10 | 35.7% |
What it lends to
No single industry reached 5 loans for First Western Bank & Trust from October 2023 to June 2026. Its lending is spread too widely to rank. Browse the industry pages to see which trades each lender serves.
About the lender
- Type: Bank
- Location: Minot, ND (headquarters, per FDIC)
- FDIC certificate number: 19123
- Official website: www.firstwestern.bank (as FDIC has it on file; we do not control it)
This page describes loans SBA approved. It does not show denied applications, today's rates, fees or credit standards. It is not an offer from First Western Bank & Trust. To ask First Western Bank & Trust about a loan, contact it directly.
Starting rates and spread over Prime
The median starting rate on this lender's loans approved from October 2023 to June 2026 was 8.25%. The median spread was 0.5 percentage points over Prime. For all lenders the medians were 10.25% and 2.75 percentage points over Prime.
Both its median starting rate and its median spread were lower than the all-lender medians.
The starting rate follows Prime on the day a loan was approved. The spread over Prime is the steadier way to compare lenders and years. Spread is measured on variable-rate loans only.
SBA's ceiling on variable rates
For variable-rate loans, SBA caps the rate at Prime plus 3.0 to 6.5 percentage points, depending on loan size. Today's ceilings by loan size are on the rates page.
Source: 13 CFR § 120.214(d).
Loans by year
From FY2024 to FY2025, the number of loans fell 53% (17 to 8). Across all lenders it rose 2.4%.
SBA's fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30. FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 only. Fewer than 5 marks a year whose count we do not publish.
Charge-offs
First Western Bank & Trust approved 79 loans from October 2019 to September 2022. By June 30, 2026, fewer than 5 had been charged offThe lender wrote the loan off as a loss because it was not being repaid. . We show no rate, because a rate beside a group of known size would give the count away. For all lenders, 3.6% of loans had been charged off.
How charge-offs are counted
We count only loans approved October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022 (FY2020 to FY2022). Newer loans have not had time to go bad. A charge-off means the lender wrote the loan off as a loss. The rate by loans is charged-off loans divided by approved loans. The rate by dollars is the charged-off balance divided by approved dollars. Both run through June 30, 2026.
The two rates can differ widely for a lender that writes many small loans. A small loan adds one to the count but little to the dollars.
SBA's file covers approved loans only. This says nothing about how often applications are approved.
Lenders with a similar number of loans
These five lenders are the nearest to First Western Bank & Trust by number of SBA loans. Their pages show the same figures, so you can compare loan sizes and loan types. It ranks 425th of 807 lenders by loans approved from October 2023 to June 2026.
| Lender | Loans | Median loan | Express | Lines of credit | Charge-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avidia Bank | 28 | $250,000 | 50.0% | 53.6% | 0.0% |
| Branson Bank | 28 | $292,500 | 17.9% | Fewer than 5 | 0.0% |
| First Western Bank & Trust | 28 | $175,000 | 82.1% | 32.1% | Fewer than 5 |
| Katahdin Trust Company | 28 | $164,950 | 53.6% | 21.4% | 0.0% |
| Service FCU | 28 | $48,700 | 100.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| The Bank of Elk River | 28 | $236,850 | 42.9% | 42.9% | Fewer than 5 |
Express and lines of credit are shares of loans. Charge-offs are the share of loans approved October 2019 to September 2022 that had been charged off by June 30, 2026. Fewer than 5 marks a share that would stand for 1 to 4 loans, which we do not publish.
How to read this
Counts come from SBA's 7(a) loan-level data release, as of June 30, 2026. The file lists loans SBA approved. It does not list declined applications, so it cannot show approval odds. We do not publish any figure built on fewer than 5 loans. A lender's past loans do not describe its current credit policy. Recent loans were approved October 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The full file starts October 1, 2019. SBA's fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30. Express counts SBA Express and Export Express loans. Spread over Prime is measured on variable-rate loans. This lender has 28 loans in the period shown, so its medians and shares can swing on a few loans. How we build these pages.
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Cite this page: First Western Bank & Trust SBA loans. SBA Express Loans, Janover Capital LLC (data as of June 30, 2026). https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/first-western-bank-and-trust/
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