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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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It’s 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 Sentinel’s 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.