PPP loans continue climb ahead of deadline

Community bank Paycheck Protection Program loans continued to climb ahead of today's deadline for borrower applications, according to an SBA summary of loan approvals through June 27.

Lenders under $10 billion in assets have made some 2.43 million PPP loans worth nearly $229 billion through both rounds of funding. Lenders from $10 billion to $50 billion in assets made more than 730,000 loans worth more than $100 billion.

Combined, the two asset classes account for more than 66 percent of approved loans and more than 63 percent of the approved dollar amount.