SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 30, 2013) - Seacoast Commerce Bank (OTCQB: SCCB) today announced that it was ranked the 9th largest SBA lender in the nation, as reported by the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA"), for their year ended September 30, 2013. Seacoast had 278 business loans approved totaling $217 million in financing, up $65 million, or 42.8%, over 2012 approvals of $152 million, when Seacoast was the 14th largest SBA lender in the nation.