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Mythbusting digital lending

June 18, 2019 / Technology

Chris Rentner, director of digital lending for Velocity Solutions, LLC and founder and former CEO of Akouba, remembers a time when digital lending for banks seemed like a pipe dream. “If I look back at 2015 when the company [Akouba] wasn’t really even being promoted, everyone was telling us that ...
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Communities need a good bank and a good newspaper

June 17, 2019 / Opinion

People have long talked about the demise of banking. And in the last decade, talk has ramped up on the ...
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Associated Bank eyes a profitable horizon

June 12, 2019 / Features

At the end of 2018, Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Bank announced it would acquire 32 Wisconsin branches of Huntington National ...
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Understanding behaviors leads to informed predictions

June 11, 2019 / The Economy

In the future, it is predicted that bankers with the best understanding of behaviors and emotions will create a new ...
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Chronicles

Reg relief is pillar of FDIC chair’s agenda

June 11, 2019 / Chronicles

FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams stressed the importance of reg relief for community banks, saying she doesn’t think Basel should apply ...
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Meloy to lead Wisconsin Bankers

June 7, 2019 / Chronicles

Mark Meloy, CEO of First Business Bank, Madison, has been elected to serve as the 2019-2020 chair of the Wisconsin ...
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Wintrust buying STC Capital Bank

June 6, 2019 / Chronicles

Chicago’s Wintrust bank is adding to its footprint in the area with its acquisition of a bank on the western ...
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Purdue, Indiana banks join for banking concentration

June 5, 2019 / Chronicles

Members of the Indiana banking community presented a donation of $135,000 to Purdue University Northwest at a PNW Banking Program ...
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United Iowa buys Heritage branches

June 5, 2019 / Chronicles

Ida Grove-based United Bank of Iowa has signed a deal with Heritage Bank, N.A., Spicer, Minn., to purchase six of ...
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Missouri banks merging

June 4, 2019 / Chronicles

Kansas City-based Academy Bank has inked a deal to acquire KCB Bank, Gladstone, Mo. The $255 million KCB has four ...
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People

First Federal names pair of executive officers

June 13, 2019 / Promotions & New Hires

First Federal Bank of Wisconsin, Waukesha, named Brian McManus SVP of lending and Michelle Haslam SVP of operations; both were ...
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Sturgis names new director

June 11, 2019 / Directorships

Jason Halling joined the boards of Sturgis Bancorp, Inc., and Sturgis Bank & Trust Company, both of Sturgis, Mich ...
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Bremer names EVP of financial solutions

June 10, 2019 / Promotions & New Hires

St. Paul-based Bremer Financial Corporation recently named Travis Hoaglund its executive vice president of financial solutions, effective immediately ...
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