The latest answers to your questions

No. Despite the CARES Act stipulating a 10-business-day period between SBA approval and fund disbursement, many banks are struggling to process the volume they have within this time constraint. It does not mean you will not get your money. It means it just may take beyond those 10 business days.

Most likely, yes. Many of BoeFly’s lenders work with servicing partners to underwrite and process their PPP loan applications. As such, it is important that you take the actions prescribed in these emails so that your PPP loan can be funded. Many, if not most, of these emails will reference BoeFly so as to confirm they are working with us.

Once your loan has been assigned to a bank partner, you should expect that they will contact you directly or via one of their processing partners to handle the next steps.

BoeFly only partners with FDIC-insured banks and SBA-approved lenders from around the country that are able to distribute funds for the PPP loan application. If you want to learn more about the specific bank that is processing your loan, please visit their website for more information.

For PPP loans, BoeFly will only partner with FDIC-insured banks – search the FDIC Institution Directory here – and SBA-approved lenders, which their list of lenders is searchable by location. The bank that you are matched with could be in any location, as long as they fall into one of those two categories, meaning they are able to distribute funds for PPP loan application.

As BoeFly works to process loans for our applicants, we've experienced lenders responding with loan amounts below the total applicants have applied for. This is occurring as small business owners have calculated average monthly payroll differently than the lenders willing to process the loans. It also has occurred in instances where the average monthly payroll that the lender is able to verify based on the supporting documentation provided is different than the number presented on the application. We understand this is frustrating. The borrower will have to decide if they want to accept the funding amount or reapply.

1. BoeFly will notify you via email that your loan application has gone to a bank.
2. The applicant’s lender will contact the applicant to confirm approval or request additional information to process the loan. Please note that we do not know the time expected between our alert and when the applicant will be contacted by the bank.
3. As part of that process, the lender may ask applicants to open an account at that bank to support the loan disbursement. In other cases, the bank will ask for additional information, consistent with their regulatory requirements while not requiring a new account to be opened.
4. The bank will follow their own origination and closing process for your loan, including updates on your loan process.
5. Expect that funds will be disbursed within ten days of getting the formal bank approval.

The most important documentation to ensure processing of your PPP loan request is appropriate payroll verification. A 2019 Full Year or Trailing Twelve Month CARES report from a payroll provider (e.g., ADP/Paychex/Other) is the ideal documentation for this purpose. If this is not available, then one of the following AND 2019 W-2s that support no individual payroll or employee payroll over $100,000 are required:

• Previous 4 quarterly IRS Form 941s or Annual 940
• Annual Tax Return (last year filed)

If you are a partnership, independent contractor, or a sole proprietor, then your 2019 Tax Return will be necessary.

If not already uploaded, absence of the following documents may have caused the lender flag:

• Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
• 2019 Employer Paid Medical Benefits and any 401K Contributions

On occasion, lenders flag files for lacking 2019 payroll documentation despite it not being possible to provide (for example, if the company began in 2020). In cases like this, ensure the documentation provided is accurate, and upload an additional PDF document explaining why your file is complete as is.

In all instances where you've been notified that your file has been flagged, your application status within the portal will be adjusted to In Progress, which will allow you to recertify and resubmit your application with adjusted documentation. This will not adversely impact your loan status with the lender.

No, unfortunately. Due to the time constraints provided by the SBA, lenders are required to close your loan within 10 days of your SBA authorization, and therefore more time cannot be granted. If you do not want to proceed, please reply back to the bank that you are withdrawing your application.

As banks are processing loans, they have run into several instances where an individual loan has already been assigned an E-Tran authorization in SBA’s system by another lender. We have supported our applicants submitting their PPP applications with multiple lenders, and in some cases, E-Tran authorization has been assigned through an alternate bank, and they have not withdrawn their application from our BoeFly system. It is important to our lenders that we send through applications that have not been assigned an E-Tran authorization so that they can successfully process as many loans as possible during PPP2.