In 1918, James Kewley, Wilbur Kerns and Henry Knoche organized the Onarga State Bank, Onarga, Ill. In 1983, the bank changed its name to Federated Bank of Onarga, and in 2018 the bank will be one of nine in the Upper Midwest to commemorate a centennial anniversary. [Continue]
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Volunteers from Wells Fargo & Co., delivered more than 50,000 coats to students in 11 schools across Chicago. This is the eighth consecutive year the bank has participated in the donation program. Wells Fargo’s Coats for Kids campaign raised nearly $180,000 from employee donations, company contributions, and private matching grants to buy 10,000 jackets. Wells Fargo employees in Chicago have raised nearly $1 million since the local program launched in 2009. [Continue]
TCF National Bank, Wayzata, Minn., has raised more than $60,000 in 2017 for Make-A-Wish Minnesota to help make wishes a reality for children with critical illnesses. Donations were accepted at all 90 TCF Bank branches in Minnesota and collected during team member fundraising events. [Continue]
A Congressional denial of the CFPB’s restriction on arbitration agreements took another step forward late Tuesday night thanks to Vice President Mike Pence casting a tiebreaking vote in the Senate. With Republican Senators Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and John Kennedy (La.) voting with the Democrats, the Senate split 50-50, leaving it to Pence to break the tie on a resolution voiding the CFPB’s rule. [Continue]
Tim Kluender has been named president and chief executive officer of Community Bank Owatonna in Owatonna, Minn. Kluender has 24 years of banking experience, with the last 15 years in an executive management capacity. He has spent his entire career working in the community banking industry, beginning as an officer trainee in his hometown bank in Osceola, Iowa. Kluender most recently served as a senior vice president/chief credit officer for First National Bank in Fairfield, Iowa. [Continue]
MBT Bank, Forest City, Iowa, has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by the Des Moines Register. The Top Workplaces list is based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey. Several aspects of the workplace culture are measured in the survey, including alignment, execution and connection. [Continue]
Illinois bankers helped raise money for the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois at the 17th annual Women in Banking conference hosted by the Illinois Bankers Association and the Illinois League in September. [Continue]
Two banks in the NorthWestern Financial Review coverage area are among the banks recognized by the American Bankers Association as leaders in corporate social responsibility. The Community Commitment award winners were honored at the ABA convention in Chicago on Oct. 17. [Continue]
