Webster Bank
At a Glance
The ceiling of this shelf rather than a first call: a searcher reaches it only with a large company and a fund that already banks there.
- Pricing
- Custom Pricing, Loan products; terms by term sheet. The page publishes the EBITDA band, the hold levels and the underwriting capacity and no rates (per websterbank.com, September 2026).
- Best For
- A buyer of a company with five million or more of EBITDA whose investors want a bank that can lead or join a syndicate
- Past the SBA Cap
- Sponsor & Specialty Finance: EBITDA between $5 million and $75 million, with a focus on $10 million and up. Hold levels up to $100 million on commercial loans and $250 million in fund banking, with underwriting capacity up to $350 million per transaction.
- Who the Desk Says It Lends To
- Private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
- North American based businesses; the bank's pages call it a division of Santander Bank, N.A.
- Roadmap Stages
- 5. Diligence & Close the Deal
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Publishes hold levels and underwriting capacity on the desk's own page
- Twenty years of sponsor finance lending by its own page, since 2004
- Sector teams named on the page, from healthcare to aerospace and defense
- North American businesses rather than a home region
Cons
- The floor is $5 million of EBITDA with a stated focus above $10 million, which is past most searcher deals
- Written for private equity firms and names no independent sponsor or search fund
What Searchers Say
The page carries the desk's history and structures and no customer voices. No searcher-forum discussion of the desk was found.