Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Ideation and Local Development initiative aims to improve services and business models for credit unions.

First-Citizens Bank & Trust in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to buy Capital Commerce in Milkwaukee.

Sioux Valley Community Credit Union and Coulee Dam FCU are set to convert to Fiserv's Portico platform.

The company agreed to aquire United Bancorp. for $51 million.

Caroline Redmann was once flummoxed to hear herself called an "IT nerd," but today she wears it as a badge of honor.

The Wisconsin Bankers Association is rejecting a National Credit Union Administration ruling that the Federal Credit Union Act preempts a pair of state banking statutes.

In a letter responding to a request for clairty from the Wisconsin Credit Union League, the federal regulator expanded its preemption to include state-chartered, federally insured CUs.

The Saver's Sweepstakes program was developed with the help of the Minnesota Credit Union Network, which runs a similar initiative.

Anderson Insurance & Investment Agency in Minneapolis also specializes in workers' compensation services.

The two Wisconsin-based credit unions say bringing the two organizations together would bring an "enhanced experience" to members.