Report Highlights Top 10 Banking Trends

James VanDyke, president of Javelin Strategy & Research, discusses its Top 10 Trends in Banking report, including the biggest threats to banks, payments and security, as well as “the next big thing” in banking. Read more at BankInfoSecurity.com.

First Business Bank-Milwaukee Adds Director

First Business Bank-Milwaukee announced that W. Kent Lorenz has joined its board of directors. Lorenz is president of the Midwest region of Ellison Technologies, a provider of advanced machining and robotic automation solutions to North American metal-cutting manufacturers and their global affiliates. He also is the owner of of DKR Investors LLC, the Small Business Times of Milwaukee reported.

WBA Economic Forecast: Slow Growth Ahead

While the economy should grow at a rate of about 3 percent, most of the major gains to be had from the stock market rebound already have occurred, University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School Dean Michael Knetter told about 500 business people gathered for the annual Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) Economic Forecast Luncheon at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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