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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

That’s followed by residential mortgage lending (36.3%), small business lending (32.1%), commercial and industrial (C&I) lending (30%) and agricultural lending (23.6%). For example, we don’t do mortgage lending right now, because we don’t have the compliance expertise and staff knowledge,” Silveria says.

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15 Minutes With—Kaarin

Independent Banker

Milwaukee is about an hour away, so we have a nice pulse on our customers, which allows us to be in front of any new business as well as continue current customer relationships. So it alleviates some of the surprises that may come along in lending. Investors Community Bank in Manitowoc, Wis. IB: Where is Manitowoc?