For Immediate Release: Access National Bank Ranked Number One Small Business Lender in Washington Area!

1. Access National Corporation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 7, 2010 Reston, VA
Access National Bank Ranked Number One
Small Business Lender in Washington Area
Largest dollar volume provider of SBA guaranteed loans among all banks
Access National Bank (NASDAQ: ANCX) today announced that it is the #1 ranked small
business lender by dollar volume among all banks in the Washington Metropolitan Area
District, according to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) for the
government fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2010. In 2009, the bank was the #1 SBA lender
among community banks in the district, which includes Northern Virginia and suburban
Maryland.
“We are proud of our SBA team members, who have lent more capital to local small
businesses than our larger competitors, even in a down economy. Our Team is not sitting
on the sidelines, but working overtime to make loans that will fuel growth and hiring in our
communities,” said Michael Clarke, President and CEO of Access National Bank (ANB). “The
newly passed Small Business Jobs Act will also stimulate lending in numerous ways, such as
increasing maximum loan size from $2 million to $5 million. We are educating our current
and future clients about how these loans can be used to buy a business, refinance debt, and
obtain working capital.”
This year ANB increased its origination of SBA guaranteed loans in the district by 65
percent, from over $7 million in 2009 to over $12 million in 2010. The bank also has an
outstanding record of low loan losses.
Ted Lauer, ANB’s SBA Department Manager and Senior Vice President, was recently
honored as co-winner of the SBA’s Financial Services Champion of the Year for the district.
For information on the SBA’s 7(a) loan guaranty program and recent changes, contact Mr.
Lauer at 703-871-2104 or tlauer@AccessNationalBank.com.
Access National Bank, a subsidiary of Access National Corporation, headquartered in
Reston, Virginia with $790 million in assets reported as of June 30, 2010. Additional
information is available on our website at www.AccessNationalBank.com
CONTACT: Access National Bank, Michael W. Clarke, President & CEO, 703-871-2100
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1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20191