Hanmi Bank
- Loans
- 215
- Approved
- $182M
- Median deal
- $657,000
- Median rate
- 9.00%
- Charged off
- 0.69%
#5 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3
gross approvals
national $709,300
national 9.25% at approval
289 FY2020-22 loans
Charge-off means SBA wrote the loan off as a loss. The rate covers the FY2020-22 approval cohort, not the window above, because recent loans have had less time to go bad, and is shown only for lenders with 100 or more cohort loans. Charge-off rates across all 31 lenders
Loans per fiscal year
FY2026 is partial: 81 loans approved through June 30, 2026.
| Fiscal year | Loans |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 116 |
| FY2021 | 90 |
| FY2022 | 83 |
| FY2023 | 97 |
| FY2024 | 99 |
| FY2025 | 134 |
| FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026) | 81 |
How they lend
Across 215 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending
Acquisitions 700 (54.9%)Other purposes 576 (45.1%)
Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 1,276 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 700 acquisition loans only.
Initial rate structure
Variable 100.00%Fixed 0.00%
- Middle half of rates
- 8.75% to 9.50%
- Typical margin over Prime
- Prime + 1.75% at approval (215 variable loans)
- Recent median rate
- 8.50% (n = 63, Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2026)
- Median term
- 120 months
- Collateral reported
- 100.00% of loans
- Sold on the secondary market
- 84.19% of loans
- Franchise loans
- 3.26% of loans
- Approval to first disbursement
- 18 days (n = 179)
Processing method
| Preferred Lenders Program | 98.60% | |
| International Trade Loans | 0.93% | |
| 7a General | 0.47% |
SBA processing-method labels as they appear in the loan file, as shares of this lender’s window loans.
What they fund
Industries and deal sizes across 215 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
Top industries
| Retail Trade | 53.95% | |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 36.28% | |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 7.91% | |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 0.93% | |
| Manufacturing | 0.47% |
Deal size mix
Under $350K 23.26%$350K to $1M 50.23%$1M to $3.5M 24.19%$3.5M+ 2.33%
Sectors from each loan’s NAICS code; deal sizes from gross approval amounts. Window loans only.
Where they lend
Top states by this lender’s change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
- Colorado79 loans
- Washington44 loans
- California21 loans
- Georgia14 loans
- Maryland12 loans
Grouped by ProjectState. State names link to the state lender pages where one exists.
Hanmi Bank: SBA acquisition lending, answered
Does Hanmi Bank make SBA acquisition loans?
Yes. Hanmi Bank was approved for 700 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 215 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #5 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 54.9% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.
What interest rates does Hanmi Bank charge on SBA loans?
Across its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans, the median rate at approval was 9.00%, against a national median of 9.25%. Half of them started between 8.75% and 9.50%. Its variable-rate loans priced around Prime + 1.75%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.
How large are Hanmi Bank's SBA acquisition loans?
The median deal was $657,000, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $182M in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
How fast does Hanmi Bank fund an SBA loan?
Across the 179 loans that report both dates, the median time from approval to first disbursement was 18 days. Actual timelines vary with the deal and the documentation.
What kinds of businesses does Hanmi Bank finance?
Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services. 3.26% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.
What is Hanmi Bank's SBA loan charge-off rate?
Of the 289 acquisition loans it approved in the FY2020-22 cohort, 0.69% were later charged off, meaning SBA wrote the loan off as a loss. Charge-off rates are shown only for lenders with 100 or more cohort loans, since recent loans have had less time to season.
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