Brookfield-based Ridgestone Bank took the top spot in volume of SBA loans approved in 2015, the Wisconsin District Office of the SBA announced.
Ridgestone, which is an SBA Preferred Lender, approved 103 SBA loans totaling $95.9 million in Wisconsin last year. In addition to its home office in Brookfield, Ridgestone also has loan production offices in Madison, Kaukauna and Wausau.
The bank, which has a second full-service branch in Schaumburg, Ill. and additional loan production offices throughout the Midwest and in California, made 475 SBA loans totaling $474.3 million nationally last year, which ranked it seventh in SBA lending volume nationwide.
In terms of the number of SBA loans approved in 2015, Oconomowoc-based First Bank Financial Centre took the cake, with 240 SBA loans totaling $87.9 million last year. Nationally, FBFC made 299 loans totaling $143 million, putting it at 29th place in terms of volume in the U.S.
