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Keep Legacy Bank Alive
Posted on December 18th, 2010 No comments“In the most trying times we have to stick together and we must have each other’s backs, and if that means investors in Milwaukee, WI, our nation, and around the globe are to pool financial resources and invest the capital it takes to keep Legacy Bank minority opened and minority operated (led by Jose Mantilla, Bank President) for everyone … please let’s do so,” said a letter to the editor in the Milwaukee Courier. -
Evansville Bank Called ‘Generous’
Posted on November 23rd, 2010 No commentsIn a story about the Madison area’s most generous businesses, Union Bank & Trust in Evansville earned recognition. The contributed $250,000 toward Creekside Place, a community and senior center. Bank president Chris Eager chairs the initiative’s fundraising campaign. Mayor Sandy Decker has called Union Bank & Trust a “sparkplug for downtown revitalization.” Read the Madison Magazine article. -
Baylake Reaches Out to Community
Posted on November 20th, 2010 No commentsA group of volunteers of Baylake Bank employees is working in cooperation with Neighbor to Neighbor, Meals-on-Wheels and the Social Services Department to reach out to mature citizens and provide gifts and personal care items to those in need. A Holiday Gift Tree will be displayed at Baylake Bank Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay through Dec. 17, the Door County Advocate reported. -
PNC Foundation Gives to Non-Profits
Posted on November 19th, 2010 No commentsThe PNC Foundation awarded several grants at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum to support early childhood education programs in Milwaukee. The museum will receive a $230,000 five-year grant to create new learning spaces for young children. As part of PNC’s “Grow Up Great” initiative, another $135,000 was split among other nonprofits, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. -
Loyal Bank Contributes to Incubator
Posted on October 1st, 2010 No commentsCitizens State Bank of Loyal presented a check for $25,000 to be used for the creation of the Central Wisconsin Agribusiness Innovation Center, being planned for northern Clark County. The business incubator will serve emerging companies in agribusiness, renewable energy, biotechnology, food processing and related industries, according to Wisconsin Ag Connection.
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Beloit Bank Donates School Supplies
Posted on September 17th, 2010 No commentsFirst National Bank and Trust Co. in Beloit donated more than 1,200 items to local schools to help state-line area kids prepare for school. Community members, employees and customers dropped off donations at all 13 of the bank’s locations during the month of August, according to the Rockford Register Star.
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Marshfield Savings to Change Name
Posted on September 9th, 2010 No commentsMarshfield Savings Bank will change its name to Forward Financial Bank SSB as of October. There currently are four Forward Financial Bank locations in the central Wisconsin area, with a fifth location in Medford expected to open Oct. 4, the Wausau Daily Herald reported.
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Sterling Bank Awards 12 Scholarships
Posted on August 6th, 2010 No commentsA dozen recent high school graduates from the area have been selected to receive $12,000 in secondary education funding from Sterling Bank in northwestern Wisconsin. Three students each from Barron, Chetek, Luck and Rice Lake High Schools were chosen to receive $1,000 each during the bank’s 125th anniversary year, WQOW Channel 18 in Eau Claire reported.
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Wisconsin Banks Still Owe TARP
Posted on June 19th, 2010 No commentsWhile most of America’s biggest banks have made headlines by repaying their TARP money more quickly than many thought they would, it seems unlikely that Wisconsin banks will be following suit any time soon, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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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.