In an email sent to all individuals who have signed up to receive Office of Capital Access (OCA) communications, SBA provided additional details about, and links to, its upcoming trainings and the question-and-answer sessions that it is holding to “familiarize the lending community with the updates to SOP 50 10 8.1”.

As described by SBA, “each training module will target a single component of the SOP”. The training sessions will be held as follows:  

Following these training sessions, SBA also will host a series of four interactive office hours sessions that will give lenders the opportunity to ask questions and receive real-time clarifications regarding the policies in the new SOP. The interactive sessions will be held as follows: 

  • Wednesday, September 2, 2:00pm EST – SOP 50 10 8.1 Office Hours
    Session 1     | Join Here
  • Thursday, September 10, 2:00pm EST – SOP 50 10 8.1 Office Hours
    Session 2     | Join Here
  • Tuesday, September 15, 2:00pm EST – SOP 50 10 8.1 Office Hours
    Session 3     | Join Here
  • Wednesday, September 23 – SOP 50 10 8.1 Office Hours
    Session 4     |

If you have not already signed up to receive communications from SBA’s OCA, you can do that by clicking the following links: 

Subscribe to SBA OCA 7(a) Loan Program Newsletter

Subscribe to SBA 7(a) Community Advantage Policy Newsletter

Subscribe to SBA 7(a) Working Capital Pilot Program Newsletter

Subscribe to SBA OCA 504 Loan Program Newsletter

NAGGL also is offering a series of webinars on SOP 50 10 8.1:

Visit www.naggl.org for additional information and to register for these important webinars.