# WSFS Bank

Philadelphia-region preferred lender since 1999.

A Wilmington, Delaware bank with locations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, a preferred SBA lender since 1999 by its own page, whose SBA table lists acquisition and partner buy-out second among 7(a) uses and says buyouts may need no borrower equity, whose lending decisions are made in the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware region, and whose seven SBA relationship managers are named with titles.

- Category: SBA & Acquisition Lenders
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.wsfsbank.com/small-business/borrowing/sba-lending/

## At a Glance

A regional [Preferred Lender](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/preferred-lender-program) whose own table prints the program's allowance that a [partner buyout](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/partner-buyout) may need no equity, which is the line a buyout buyer wants to read; the rest of its table is the program's.

## What It Costs

Loan products; terms by term sheet. Its SBA table restates the program's maximums and prints terms by purpose and a borrower equity minimum of ten percent that buyouts may see at zero; its own express product runs to $100,000; no rate or fee (per wsfsbank.com, September 2026).

## Best For

A buyer in the Philadelphia and Delaware region whose deal is a partner buyout, since the bank's own table says a buyout may need no borrower equity, the program's allowance stated as its practice

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Lists acquisition and partner buy-out second among [7(a)](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/sba-7a) uses and says buyouts may be zero percent equity, in its own table
- Pro: A preferred SBA lender since 1999, in its own words, with lending decisions made in its own region
- Pro: Names its director of SBA sales and seven SBA relationship managers with titles
- Pro: A middle-market and [sponsor finance](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/sponsor-finance) desk on its corporate page for companies past fifty million in revenue
- Con: Every maximum in its SBA table is the program's, and its own figures are a start year, an equity line and a small express ceiling
- Con: Four states as a footprint and decisions made in one region
- Con: Its top-lender lines are a newspaper's ranking over ten counties and two state ranks, all disclosed as such
- Con: Names no [search fund](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/search-fund), [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) or acquisition entrepreneur

## What Searchers Say

Read on its SBA lending page and its contact, resource center and team pages, its express and borrowing pages, its corporate and specialty banking page, its corporate overview, its location finder and two of its articles. No searcher-forum discussion of the desk was found.

## Sources

- https://www.wsfsbank.com/small-business/borrowing/sba-lending/
- https://www.wsfsbank.com/small-business/borrowing/meet-the-team/
- https://www.wsfsbank.com/small-business/borrowing/
- https://www.wsfsbank.com/commercial/corporate-specialty-banking/
- https://www.wsfsbank.com/about/our-company/corporate-overview/
- https://locations.wsfsbank.com/
- https://www.wsfsbank.com/small-business/borrowing/express-loans/

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Last checked: 2026-09-19

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