# Capital Access Financial System (CAFS) Loan Origination API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/sba/cafs-loan-origination-api/  
**Provider:** Small Business Administration (SBA) — https://apis.io/providers/sba/  
**Base URL:** https://catran.sba.gov  
**Documentation:** https://catweb.sba.gov/apidocs/apidetail.cfm

Capital Access Financial System (CAFS) Loan Origination API is one of 5 APIs that [Small Business Administration (SBA)](https://apis.io/providers/sba/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Loans, 7(a), Origination, Servicing, and Lenders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

API for SBA lenders and partners to originate, service, and manage SBA 7(a) loans. Supports loan origination, status checking, compliance validation, servicing, 1502 reporting, and partner information management through the ETRAN and ELEND systems.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://catweb.sba.gov/apidocs/apidetail.cfm

## Other Small Business Administration (SBA) APIs (4)

- [SBA.gov Content API](https://apis.io/apis/sba/sba-gov-content-api/)
- [PPP Loan Forgiveness API](https://apis.io/apis/sba/ppp-loan-forgiveness-api/)
- [SBIR/STTR Awards and Solicitations API](https://apis.io/apis/sba/sbir-sttr-api/)
- [SBA Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/sba/sba-open-data-api/)

## Tags

Loans, 7(a), Origination, Servicing, Lenders

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