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Bank, New Canaan, CT
Bankwell Bank
A bank based in New Canaan, CT. Its commercial book is led by owner-occupied CRE and non-owner-occupied CRE. Public files show recent SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans it made.
- Kind
- Bank
- Data as of
- June 30, 2026
- Page last changed
- November 12, 2026
- Commercial book
- $2.82B
- FDIC call report,
- Holds, not loans made
- Multifamily loans made, 2025
- Not reported
- HMDA,
- HMDA, 5 or more units
- SBA loans, 36 months
- 176
- SBA FOIA,
- 7(a) and 504, net of cancelled
- Total assets
- $3.47B
- FDIC call report,
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- Phone
- 203-966-7080 From the lender's website, retrieved November 9, 2026. Source page
- Website
- www.mybankwell.comFrom the FDIC record, November 9, 2026.
- Commercial lending page
- mybankwell.comFrom the lender's website, retrieved November 11, 2026.
- Address
- 156 Cherry St, New Canaan, CT 06840FDIC institution record,
- Regulator record
- FDIC BankFind
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Recorded lending
Recorded lending. Two or more public files show loans this lender made.
What changed. Bankwell Bank recorded 101 SBA 7(a) approvals in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 62 in the prior 12 months. SBA FOIA,
| When | What the record shows | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Last 24 months | Office changes in the last 24 months: 2 opened, 0 closed, 0 relocated.FDIC structure history. | FDIC history |
| Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 | SBA 7(a) approvals by processing method: 166 under Preferred Lender authority.SBA ProcessingMethod field, net of cancellations. | SBA FOIA, |
| Fiscal 2026 | The holding company reported a balance of $565M still held on loans originated in fiscal 2026.Group level: the registrant and all of its subsidiaries together. A balance, not the amount originated. | SEC 10-Q and 10-K filings, |
| Jun 2025 to Jun 2026 | Owner-occupied CRE balance rose 15.1% to $832.2M in the year to June 30, 2026.Balances, not originations. Year over year from call reports. | FDIC call report |
| Jun 2025 to Jun 2026 | Commercial and industrial balance rose 28.1% to $715.4M in the year to June 30, 2026.Balances, not originations. Year over year from call reports. | FDIC call report |
| Jun 2025 to Jun 2026 | Unused commitments on commercial real estate rose 20.1% to $148.9M in the year to June 30, 2026.Call report commitments. Not a measure of new lending. | FDIC call report |
| 2024 | Reported making 130 small business loans totaling $42M in 2024.FFIEC CRA disclosure data. A small business loan here is a commercial and industrial loan or a loan secured by nonfarm nonresidential property of $1 million or less when made. | FFIEC CRA disclosure data |
| 2023-10 to 2026-09 | Named as the lender on 8 mortgages recorded in New York City.exact normalized lender name and state, or a reviewed alias | NYC ACRIS recorded mortgages |
Banks report no loan-level data for office, retail, industrial or construction loans. This list shows only multifamily and SBA loans.
| Period | Place | Loan | Amount | Rate | Term | LTV | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers | $5M | 9.75% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Virginia | SBA 7(a), All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | $4.4M | 9.25% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Manufacturing | $4.1M | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), All Other Telecommunications | $4M | 9.75% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Remediation Services | $3.8M | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | $3.2M | 9.25% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $2.8M | 9% | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Pennsylvania | SBA 7(a), Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers | $2.3M | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Michigan | SBA 7(a), Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers | $1.9M | 9.75% | 11 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Missouri | SBA 7(a), Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | $1.6M | 9.75% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Georgia | SBA 7(a), Musical Instrument and Supplies Retailers | $1M | 8.5% | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Full-Service Restaurants | $880K | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | California | SBA 7(a), Other Computer Related Services | $800K | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Pennsylvania | SBA 7(a), Meat Retailers | $720K | 9.5% | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Virginia | SBA 7(a), All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | $650K | 9% | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | South Carolina | SBA 7(a), Drywall and Insulation Contractors | $590K | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Full-Service Restaurants | $560K | 9.25% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Indiana | SBA 7(a), Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | $510K | 9% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Montana | SBA 7(a), Limited-Service Restaurants | $350K | 9.25% | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Michigan | SBA 7(a), Software Publishers | $190K | 9.75% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Sep 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Child Care Services | $190K | 9.75% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Aug 2026 | Nebraska | SBA 7(a), All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries | $4.6M | 9.5% | 11 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Aug 2026 | Texas | SBA 7(a), Commercial Screen Printing | $2.6M | 9.5% | 10 yr | SBA FOIA | |
| Jun 2024 | Connecticut | SBA 504, Construction | $230K | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | ||
| Dec 2023 | Connecticut | SBA 504, Wholesale Trade | $880K | 25 yr | SBA FOIA | ||
| 174 SBA 7(a) loans since October 2023, net of cancelled | $231M | SBA FOIA | |||||
A blank means the source did not report it.
Recorded mortgages, New York City
NYC ACRIS, September 30, 2026
Mortgages recorded in New York City in which this lender is named as the lender. A recorded document is not the whole of a lender's activity and is not joined to HMDA or SBA data.
- 8 mortgages recorded in New York City (the five boroughs) from Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 name Bankwell Bank as the lender, totaling $36.3M.
- 3 of them were recorded in the latest 12 months of that window.
| Property class | Mortgages | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Multifamily | 2 | $14.0M |
| Other | 2 | $9.00M |
| Retail | 2 | $3.70M |
| Industrial | 1 | $3.00M |
| Mixed use | 1 | $6.40M |
| Borough | Mortgages |
|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 3 |
| Manhattan | 2 |
| Bronx | 2 |
| Queens | 1 |
How these documents were tied to this lender: exact normalized lender name and state, or a reviewed alias.
What it holds
FDIC call report, June 30, 2026
| Book | Holds | Of its loans | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multifamily | $378M | 12.8% | +35.3% |
| Construction and land development | $153M | 5.2% | -24.6% |
| Owner-occupied CRE | $832M | 28.2% | +15.1% |
| Non-owner-occupied CRE | $736M | 24.9% | -3.5% |
| Farmland | $0 | 0.0% | Not reported |
| Commercial and industrial | $715M | 24.2% | +28.1% |
| Commercial total | $2.82B |
Reference only: $68.1M of 1-4 family residential loans, which call reports cannot split owner-occupied from investor. Excluded from the totals above.
Table
| Quarter | Commercial book |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $2.61B |
| Q4 2023 | $2.58B |
| Q1 2024 | $2.54B |
| Q2 2024 | $2.52B |
| Q3 2024 | $2.49B |
| Q4 2024 | $2.54B |
| Q1 2025 | $2.49B |
| Q2 2025 | $2.53B |
| Q3 2025 | $2.58B |
| Q4 2025 | $2.69B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.73B |
| Q2 2026 | $2.82B |
| Kind of loan | Period | Loans made | Dollars | Typical size | Largest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBA 7(a), net of cancelled | 36 months to Sep 2026 | 174 | $231M | $724K | $5M | SBA FOIA, |
| SBA 7(a), net of cancelled | 12 months to Sep 2026 | 101 | $170M | SBA FOIA, | ||
| SBA 504 first lien, net of cancelled | 36 months to Sep 2026 | 2 | $1.10M | $550K | $880K | SBA FOIA, |
How these public files were tied to this lender. SBA 7(a) loans: its FDIC certificate number. SBA 504 first liens: its name and state.
| Industry | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | 28 | $55.7M |
| Full-Service Restaurants | 16 | $8.68M |
| Child Care Services | 12 | $21.6M |
Other lenders in these fields: SBA lenders for restaurants, SBA lenders for child care businesses.
Programs on record: Federal Home Loan Bank member, Boston district (FHFA).
Small business loans reported under CRA
FFIEC CRA, 2024
- Bankwell Bank reported making 130 small business loans totaling $41,998,000 in 2024, in its Community Reinvestment Act filing (FFIEC, calendar 2024).
- By size when made: 46 of $100,000 or less, 28 over $100,000 up to $250,000, 56 over $250,000 up to $1 million.
- 41 of them, totaling $6,582,000, went to businesses with revenue of $1 million or less.
| County | Loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not reported | 31 | $3.88M |
| Not reported | 18 | $3.55M |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 14 | $3.33M |
| Not reported | 14 | $2.40M |
| New York County, NY | 6 | $2.52M |
| Broward County, FL | 5 | $2.53M |
In this filing a small business loan is a commercial and industrial loan, or a loan secured by nonfarm nonresidential property, of $1 million or less when it was made. Multifamily loans are not included.
Only banks with about $1.6 billion or more in assets must file this data. The cutoff is set each year; it was $1.564 billion for 2024. A bank that is not listed here can still make small business loans.
How this filing was tied to this bank: FDIC certificate (respondent ID) + transmittal RSSD.
Undrawn commitments
FFIEC Call Report, June 30, 2026
- Bankwell Bank reported commitments to fund construction loans that had not been drawn at June 30, 2026: $0 for 1-4 family residential construction and $148,879,000 for commercial real estate, other construction and land development (FFIEC Call Report). A commitment is an agreement to fund a loan if it is drawn. It is not a loan made.
- Undrawn commitments to commercial and industrial borrowers at June 30, 2026: $210,833,000. These are credit lines not yet used.
Small loans it holds, by original size
FDIC BankFind Suite API, /banks/financials (Call Report), report dates 2026-06-30 and 2025-06-30, June 30, 2026
Loans held on the report date, grouped by the amount when each loan was made. Not loans made in a period.
| Original amount | Loans | Holds |
|---|---|---|
| $100,000 or less | 423 | $7.52M |
| Over $100,000 up to $250,000 | 59 | $3.30M |
| Over $250,000 up to $1 million | 120 | $41.2M |
| Original amount | Loans | Holds |
|---|---|---|
| $100,000 or less | 5 | $169K |
| Over $100,000 up to $250,000 | 27 | $2.63M |
| Over $250,000 up to $1 million | 77 | $34.2M |
Where it lends
Offices beside loans on record
| State | Offices | Multifamily 2025 | 1-4 investor 2025 | SBA 7(a) 36 mo. | SBA 504 36 mo. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut HQ | 10 | 9 | 2 | ||
| New York | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Texas | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Florida | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| California | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| New Jersey | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Georgia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Illinois | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Michigan | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Colorado | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Massachusetts | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Offices by county
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026
- Bankwell Bank has 11 offices in 4 counties and 2 states (FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026): 11 full service and 0 limited service.
| County | Full-service offices | Limited-service offices |
|---|---|---|
| Not reported | 7 | 0 |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 |
| Not reported | 1 | 0 |
| Kings County, NY | 1 | 0 |
Loan production offices are not in this file. A bank with no office here can still lend here.
Capacity. Not a rating
Our calculation from public filings, as of June 30, 2026. Not a rating, and not a statement about safety or deposits.
| Measure | This lender | Its peers | How it is worked out | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated largest single loan | $57.3M | $29.6M to $61.8M across 8 peers | Estimate: 15% of tier 1 capital plus allowance. A further 10% is allowed with readily marketable collateral, and state-chartered banks follow state limits. Not a limit the lender has stated. | FDIC call report, 12 CFR 32.3, Jun 30, 2026 |
| CRE to capital | 331.7% | 74.3% to 369.9% across 8 peers | (Construction + multifamily + non-owner-occupied CRE loans) divided by tier 1 capital plus allowance. | FDIC call report, |
| Construction to capital | 40.1% | 25.4% to 54.9% across 8 peers | Construction loans divided by tier 1 capital plus allowance. | FDIC call report, |
| Loans to deposits | 97.4% | 84.8% to 111.5% across 8 peers | Total loans divided by total deposits. | FDIC call report, |
| Unused CRE commitments | $149M | $56.1M to $206M across 8 peers | Commitments to lend on commercial real estate that are not yet drawn, up 20.1% from a year earlier. | FDIC call report, |
| Loans to assets | 85.3% | 72.2% to 83.2% across 8 peers | Total loans divided by total assets. | FDIC call report, |
Our calculation: construction, multifamily and non-owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential loans, divided by tier 1 capital plus the allowance for loan losses. It is not the test in the 2006 interagency guidance on commercial real estate concentrations (December 12, 2006; OCC Bulletin 2006-46, Federal Reserve SR 07-1). That guidance measures against total risk-based capital, also counts loans that finance commercial real estate but are not secured by real estate, and looks more closely when construction and land loans reach 100% of that capital, or commercial real estate loans reach 300% of it and have grown 50% or more in the prior 36 months. This figure uses a different capital base, leaves out the unsecured loans and applies no growth condition. The guidance sets no limit on lending. Not a rating, and not a statement about safety or deposits.
Loan channel and SBA processing
Public record only
- Preferred Lender authority
- 166 loans (95.4%)
- Approval to first disbursement
- 23 days, median of 139
SBA FOIA, SBA 7(a) loans, 36 months. Counted from SBA approval, not application. Lines of credit disburse fast.
Peers
Same kind of lender, similar size and book
| Lender | State | Total assets | Commercial book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ion Bank | CT | $2.78B | $1.21B |
| Newtown Savings Bank | CT | $1.87B | $430M |
| Fairfield County Bank | CT | $1.92B | $1.03B |
| First County Bank | CT | $2.42B | $1.19B |
| Thomaston Savings Bank | CT | $1.93B | $859M |
| Union Savings Bank | CT | $3.30B | $1.51B |
| Chelsea Groton Bank | CT | $1.75B | $383M |
| Ives Bank | CT | $1.73B | $578M |
What we don't know
- Whether it is taking new loans today, or on what terms.
- How much of its book it made recently. Call reports carry balances, not loans made.
- Which of its commercial real estate is office, retail, industrial or hotel. Call reports do not split the book by property type.
- How its 1-4 family loans divide between owner-occupied and investor.
- Whether it makes multifamily loans. No HMDA multifamily loans are on file under this name for 2024 or 2025.
- Whether it takes brokers. No figure here means no evidence, not a refusal.
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Against the regulator's own record
- Name and charter. Bankwell Bank, FDIC certificate 57368. Compare it with the regulator's record. [FDIC BankFind]
- Balances. $3.47B in total assets and $2.82B in commercial loans held, from the call report for June 30, 2026. [Source]
- Loans made. 176 recorded loans from SBA files, through September 30, 2026: 174 SBA 7(a) in 36 months, 2 SBA 504 first liens in 36 months. Each has its source and date. [How each file was tied to Bankwell Bank]
- Phone and website. Phone 203-966-7080, from the lender's website on November 9, 2026. Website mybankwell.com, from the FDIC record. [How to reach them]
- Small business loans reported under CRA. 130 small business loans reported in its CRA filing for 2024. [Source]
- Recorded mortgages, New York City. 8 recorded mortgages in New York City under this name. [Source]
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For the record
Data as of June 30, 2026. Page last changed November 12, 2026.
- Regulator
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 57368
- RSSD
- 3109043
- LEI
- 549300X5I608U02HAI25
- The Lender Report ID
- lr_000531
- FDIC classifies this bank as
- Commercial Lending Specialization
- Ownership
- Stock
FDIC institution record, The classification is FDIC's description of the balance sheet. It is not a statement about what the bank will lend on.
- Reported $3.5B in total assets as of June 30, 2026 (FDIC call report).
- Held $2.8B of commercial and commercial real estate loans as of June 30, 2026 (FDIC call report).
- Held $832.2M of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans as of June 30, 2026, up 15.1% from a year earlier (FDIC call report).
- Held $736.3M of non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans as of June 30, 2026 (FDIC call report).
- Held $715.4M of commercial and industrial loans as of June 30, 2026, up 28.1% from a year earlier (FDIC call report).
- Recorded 186 SBA 7(a) approvals totaling $247.1M from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, of which 12 were later cancelled (SBA).
8 more sentences
- Provided the first lien on 2 SBA 504 projects with $1.1M in first-lien dollars from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 (SBA).
- Listed 11 offices in 2 states (FDIC).
- Reported making 130 small business loans totaling $42M in 2024, in its Community Reinvestment Act filing (FFIEC).
- Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. reported in its 10-Q for the period ended 2026-09-30 that the company and all of its subsidiaries together still held $565M of loans originated in fiscal 2026 (SEC filing).
- Held 602 commercial and industrial loans that were $1 million or less when made, with a balance of $52M as of June 30, 2026 (FDIC call report). These are loans held, not loans made.
- Held 109 loans secured by nonfarm nonresidential property that were $1 million or less when made, with a balance of $37M as of June 30, 2026 (FDIC call report). These are loans held, not loans made.
- Reported commitments to fund construction loans that had not been drawn at June 30, 2026: $0 for 1-4 family and $148.9M for commercial and other construction (FFIEC Call Report). A commitment is not a loan made.
- Named as the lender on 8 mortgages recorded in New York City from 2023-10 to 2026-09, totaling $36.3M (NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS).
Cite this
Source: The Lender Report, Bankwell Bank, https://lender.report/lender/bankwell-bank-ct/, data as of June 30, 2026.
Sources
- FDIC institution record, November 9, 2026
- FDIC office list, October 28, 2026
- FDIC call report, June 30, 2026
- FDIC call report, June 30, 2025
- SBA FOIA, September 30, 2026
- FFIEC Call Report, June 30, 2026
- FDIC call reports, June 30, 2026
- FFIEC CRA disclosure data, 2024
- SEC 10-Q and 10-K filings, September 30, 2026
- FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026
- NYC ACRIS recorded mortgages, September 30, 2026
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