Economic Development

Mitch Grulke has been named bank manager for the Brookfield office of Waukesha State Bank.

Jeff Bowman, president of First American Capital Corp. in West Allis, has been recognized by the Small Business Administration as Minority Small Business Champion for region five.

First Bank Financial Centre has broken ground on its newest branch, which will be on Washington Street in Grafton.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that U.S. Bank's online banking customers now have access to an iPad banking application (app) built on the Mobiliti Enterprise mobile banking and payments platform from Fiserv.

Waukesha-based CIB Marine Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Milwaukee's Marine Bank, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to voluntarily deregister its common shares.

Waukesha State Bank has named Mitch Grulke the bank manager of its Brookfield office, located on Capitol Drive just west of Brookfield Road.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Associated Bank a Certificate of Achievement for assisting the department and the Rural Development Guaranteed Rural Housing Program in 2011.

Branden Boerner has been promoted to office president for the Elkhart Lake office at Sheboygan-based Community Bank & Trust.

PS Capital Partners LLC has moved its offices to 758 N. Broadway, Suite 910, Milwaukee.

Pewaukee-based Waterstone Mortgage Corp. hosted its first-ever national mortgage processors conference from May 6 to 8 at the Milwaukee Hilton.