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Optimism Required, Wisconsin Banker Says
Posted on August 1st, 2009 No comments“To be a banker you need to be optimistic,” says Russ Weyers, president and chief operating officer of Racine’s Johnson Bank. The trouble is, such optimism is scarce right now, the outgoing Wisconsin Bankers Association chair says. Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.
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Bankers: TARP Has Kept Credit Flowing
Posted on August 1st, 2009 No commentsDon’t call it a bailout. Bankers say the more than $2.5 billion in TARP funds that have come into Wisconsin banks since last fall has allowed them to boost capital levels and keep making loans. Read more from the Wisconsin banks that have participated in the program in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.