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Steven Bell to Serve as CBW Chair
Posted on September 29th, 2010 No commentsSteven Bell, president and chief executive of Community State Bank in Union Grove, will chair the Community Bankers of Wisconsin this year. Other officers include: chairman-elect James Tubbs, State Bank of Cross Plains; vice chairman Paul Hoffmann, Monona State Bank; and secretary-treasurer Mary Jo Centi, Farmers Savings Bank in Mineral Point. CBW also named Toby Steivang, chairman of Walworth State Bank, as Community Banker of the Year, as reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Bill Would Expand Access to Capital
Posted on January 10th, 2010 No commentsState Rep. Ted Zigmunt, D-Francis Creek, is among co-authors of Assembly Bill 532, which creates a program called the Wisconsin Capital Access Program. The bill aims to expand access to credit for businesses in Wisconsin, reported the Manitwoc Herald Times Reporter. The Community Bankers of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Bankers Association support the bill.
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Phishing E-mails Appear to Be from FDIC
Posted on October 29th, 2009 No commentsPhishing expeditions for bank customers’ accounts have become more sophisticated, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Community Bankers of Wisconsin warn. Customers of several banks and credit unions are receiving e-mails claiming to be from the FDIC. Read more in the Wisconsin State Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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WBA, CBW Issue Release on Bank Closing
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No comments“The entire Wisconsin banking community is pleased that the banking regulatory system worked as designed last Friday when the Department of Financial Institutions closed Bank of Elmwood, Racine. Importantly, depositors were protected as there was a seamless transition to Tri City National Bank of Oak Creek. Wisconsin’s banking community expresses its support to the affected employees, directors and shareholders of the Bank of Elmwood,” reads a joint news release from the Wisconsin Bankers Association and the Community Bankers of Wisconsin on WisBusiness.com.
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Carl Axness Named Banker of the Year
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsCommunity Bankers of Wisconsin named Carl M. Axness, chairman of the Union Bank of Blair, as Community Banker of the Year. The group also gave Lifetime Service Awards to Gary De Master, president and chairman at Oostburg State Bank; Arlene White, assistant cashier at Walworth State Bank; and Charlene DeHaan, personal banker at Walworth State Bank, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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Kuehn Elected CBW Chairman
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsRussel Kuehn, chairman of First National Bank in Berlin, Wis., has been elected chairman of the Community Bankers of Wisconsin for 2009-’10. CBW represents 210 community banks with about 900 branches in the state’s small towns, rural areas, suburbs and cities, as reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.