Columbia was named the SBA (Small Business Administration) Credit Union Lender of the Year for 2009 in the Portland district. Columbia was chosen for their commitment to small business during times of economic difficulty and credit shortages. Columbia is a top-10 business lender and the only credit union in western WA and the Portland area to earn the SBA’s Preferred Lender status. Contact us to see if an SBA loan could work for your business needs.

Protect your business from ever-increasing fraud schemes. A sound data security plan is built on five key principles according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Take stock of the personal information you have; scale down to keep only what you need; protect the information you keep; properly dispose of what you no longer need; and create a plan to respond to security incidents.