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Wis. Bankers Teach Children About Saving
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 No commentsNational Exchange Bank & Trust participated in the 14th Annual Teach Children to Save Day on April 27. Bank volunteers provided classroom presentations throughout East Central Wisconsin at several area elementary schools and reached hundreds of children. Read the Sheboygan Press article.
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‘Financial Reality Day’ Educates Beloit Teens
Posted on March 18th, 2010 No commentsMore than 300 business students learned a lesson in financial planning in Beloit at a “financial reality day” sponsored by several local financial institutions. Students chose a career, received a fictional income and budgeted for a fictional life, which for some included children. Read the Beloit Daily News article.
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M&I, Puelicher Ctr Receive Financial Ed Awards
Posted on February 16th, 2010 No commentsM&I Bank Community Education, Milwaukee, and the Puelicher Center for Banking Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business were among the nine organizations and six individuals honored with 2010 Governor’s Financial Literacy Awards, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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Banks, UW-Extension Offer ‘Get Checking’
Posted on January 10th, 2010 No commentsUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension offices and Wisconsin banks are teaming up to help give troubled consumers a second chance at having a checking account, the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune reported. Residents of Adams, Marathon, Waushara, Waupaca and Wood counties can pay $10 to participate in the three-hour Get Checking Program. Upon completion, they receive a certificate they can bring to a sponsoring bank.
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Its Money Smart Week in Wisconsin
Posted on October 12th, 2009 No commentsOct. 10-17 is Money Smart Week Wisconsin, an event started in 2006. Bankers and other financial professionals around the state are holding various seminars covering a wide range of personal finance topics for people of all ages. Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinels Dollars & Sense blog or view the complete list of almost 600 events at www.moneysmartwi.org/events.
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Milwaukee Hosts Foreclosure Prevention Event
Posted on July 31st, 2009 No commentsMilwaukee city officials said about 1,500 letters have been sent to homeowners deemed to be at risk of losing their homes, inviting them to come to the free and confidential foreclosure prevention event on Aug. 6, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.