Banking & Finance

Baird Investment Banking named best in middle market R.W. Baird & Co.'s investment banking division was recently named Middle...

Alan Purintun, principal and portfolio manager, Oarsman Capital Inc.

Mason Wells in talks to acquire Wisconsin coating firm Milwaukee-based Mason Wells is in talks to acquire Coating Excellence...

Johnson Bank exceeds $3 billion in mortgage loans serviced Johnson Bank recently surpassed the $3 billion mark in mortgage...

Pyramax Bank is seeking approval from Milwaukee officials to remodel and renovate its branch at 1605 W. Mitchell St. on Milwaukee's near south side. Plans include addition of a three-lane drive-thru.

James and Jeanene Meisser, a husband-and-wife team, are raising funds now to open Lake Shore Bank, which will be based at 615 Pennsylvania Drive in Sheboygan.
The 5,600-square-foot bank is expected to open by the end of the second quarter of this year, but might open sooner, Jeanene Meisser said.
The new bank will offer traditional retail, commercial and mortgage services to Sheboygan-area customers. Lake Shore Bank will also appeal to a national clientele of deaf customers.

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Nearly 100,000 students in Wisconsin high schools are members of an athletic team. Those students have a fan base...

Beloit Bank avoids subprime exposures Blackhawk Bancorp Inc., the Beloit-based parent company of Blackhawk State Bank, announced it has...

Homeowners with subprime mortgages are starting to sue their lenders, and the national number of cases filed so far is on pace to surpass the total number of cases filed during the savings and loan crisis of the early 1990's.