Woori America Bank

Headquartered in New York, NYwooriamericabank.com$4B in assetsFounded 198422 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
24

#92 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$27M

gross approvals

Median deal
$492,500

national $709,300

Median rate
9.25%

national 9.25% at approval

Loans per fiscal year

FY2026 is partial: 8 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY20201
FY20212
FY20227
FY202310
FY20245
FY202516
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)8

How they lend

Across 24 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 49 (13.0%)Other purposes 327 (87.0%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 376 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 49 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 100.00%Fixed 0.00%

Middle half of rates
8.50% to 9.50%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 1.75% at approval (24 variable loans)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
75.00% of loans
Franchise loans
33.33% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
13 days (n = 19)

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program
100.00%

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 24 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Top industries

Accommodation and Food Services
62.50%
Other Services (except Public Administration)
29.17%
Retail Trade
8.33%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 33.33%$350K to $1M 37.50%$1M to $3.5M 20.83%$3.5M+ 8.33%

Top franchises It's Boba Time (4)

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.

Grouped by ProjectState. State names link to the state lender pages where one exists.

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans for Woori America Bank. Window stats cover FY2025 to FY2026 Q3, as of June 30, 2026, and refresh with each quarterly cut. Rates and rate quartiles are the rates at approval. Website, headquarters, assets, founding year, and office count come from the FDIC BankFind Suite API and, for credit unions, the NCUA Credit Union Locator (public US government data). Methodology. See an error? Email us and we will correct it.