But Decker was accredited to process loans under Title IV, the $73 billion federal student aid program.

Ms. Veneman agreed to meet with the farmers in Washington if they agreed to abandon their sit-in at a Brownsville, Tenn., farm agency office that processes loans.

Many lenders may prefer to process loans for under $100,000 under SBA's LowDoc program.

The company started 2010 on a sour note, having failed to fully process 209,000 students' grants and loans - more than half of all applications - in time for the start of the academic year.

"But for 1989, our goal is to process limited-documentation loans within two weeks."

The Small Business Administration will not process loans, nor will the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conduct workplace inspections.

The agency was created by the county in 1983 to process Federal grants and loans from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Small Business Administration.

At Dresdner, nearly 2,500 employees who process loans and provide administrative support will be laid off, the chief executive, Herbert Walter, said.

The fees cover loans that turn sour, he said, and the cost of employees to process loans.

He also says he is streamlining operations, notably by promoting a program called S.B.A. Express that allows banks to process loans and get the money to recipients faster.