http://www.terryburrington.com/blog Providing banking news in Wisconsin that Wisconsin Bankers can use. Keep on top of all the banking issues that are affecting Wisconsin in one place. If you would like to receive these updates by email please subscribe by entering your email address on the right. There is no cost and no obligation. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/saving-for-education-can-be-confusing/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/saving-for-education-can-be-confusing/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:02:17 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2714 Saving for college – or private high school – can lead to roadblocks, writes Bob Helbig of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “When I’ve stopped in a few area banks lately asking about Coverdells, I’m met with blank stares from employees, followed by references to the bank’s one in-house financial planner/investment adviser. That gives you a sense of how little this investment option is used by customers,” he wrote. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/saving-for-education-can-be-confusing/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-collects-shoes-for-students/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-collects-shoes-for-students/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:01:12 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2711 The New Lisbon branch of M&I Bank decided to do a different community service project this summer. Through Shoes for School, they’re collecting new pairs of shoes to donate to locate youth in need, according to the Juneau County Star Times. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-collects-shoes-for-students/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-mutual-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-mutual-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:03:05 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2718 Bank Mutual Corp. reported net income of $731,000, or 2 cents per share, for the second quarter, compared with net income of $3.8 million, or 8 cents per share, for the same period a year ago. Michael Crowley Jr., chairman, president and CEO, said lower earnings were the result of low interest rates and weakness in the commercial real estate market, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/bank-mutual-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/summit-credit-union-is-states-largest-cu/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/summit-credit-union-is-states-largest-cu/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:02:23 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2716 Madison-based Summit Credit Union has surpassed Landmark Credit Union to become the largest in Wisconsin, with $1.5 billion in assets. CEO-elect Kim Sponem said Summit’s business lending is close to 9 percent of its assets, with plans to do more. “She said the credit union wants to pick up the slack on small-business lending that some banks either can’t or won’t do in the sluggish economy,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/summit-credit-union-is-states-largest-cu/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/baylake-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/baylake-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:03:44 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2720 Baylake Corp., parent company of Baylake Bank, reported net income of $1.3 million, or 17 cents per share, for the second quarter. That compares with net income of $500,000, or 7 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2009, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/baylake-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-earnings/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/fatherson-help-keep-fair-running/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/fatherson-help-keep-fair-running/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:06:42 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2728 For Arlen Schmidt, CEO of First National Bank of Bangor, and his son, Jeff Schmidt, branch manager of First National Bank in Holmen, helping out at the La Crosse Interstate Fair is a serious commitment. Read the story in the Onalaska-Holmen Courier-Life. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/fatherson-help-keep-fair-running/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-promotes-dream-team-of-lenders/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-promotes-dream-team-of-lenders/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:05:04 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2724 Associated Bank’s “dream team” of commercial lenders is on display in this week’s Crain’s Chicago Business via a multi-page ad spread that includes pull-off business cards. Those featured include Donna Smith, EVP and commercial banking director of Associated Bank’s south region, and Robert Swanson, commercial banking regional manager for the south region. Read more in The Business Journal of Milwaukee. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-promotes-dream-team-of-lenders/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-loss/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-loss/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:04:30 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2722 Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp. reported a net loss of $10.2 million, or 6 cents per share, for the second quarter, which was an improvement from a net loss of $24.7 million, or 19 cents per share, for the same period a year ago, according to the Small Business Times of Milwaukee. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/associated-bank-reports-2nd-quarter-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/u-s-bank-wells-fargo-exceed-expectations/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/u-s-bank-wells-fargo-exceed-expectations/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:08:57 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2732 U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co. — reported earnings that topped analysts’ estimates. Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp reported $766 million, or 45 cents per share, in net income for the second quarter of 2010. Wells Fargo eported net income of $2.88 billion, or 55 cents per share, according to The Business Journal of Milwaukee. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/u-s-bank-wells-fargo-exceed-expectations/feed/ 0 http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/harris-names-wis-regional-president/ http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/harris-names-wis-regional-president/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:07:42 +0000 editor http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/?p=2730 Dan Barron is has been named a regional president for Wisconsin at Harris Bank and will be based out of Cedarburg. He was previously regional president of Harris’ northeast Illinois operations. Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ]]> http://www.terryburrington.com/blog/index.php/harris-names-wis-regional-president/feed/ 0