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Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Banc-Corp appointed Alexander Bush executive vice president and chief data officer, the company announced Tuesday.
In the role, Bush will oversee the company’s enterprise data strategy and governance, including data management across business lines, regulatory reporting, risk management and analytics.
Bush previously served as seni...
Sunflower Bank, N.A., Dallas, is expanding in eastern Washington and Idaho by adding 21 mortgage professionals in Idaho and opening a branch in downtown Spokane.
New Idaho branches are in Meridian and Coeur d’Alene. In Spokane, the bank opened a mortgage lending branch on Feb. 12. The office combined two Spokane locations into a single site as a regional hub for mortgag...
This year marks the 10th year in a row we have devoted our March magazine to the recognition of Amazing Outside Directors. Bank directors have to consider multiple high-level issues which ultimately affect the overall direction of their institution. Here are some of the issues that I suspect are showing up on board meeting agendas these days.
Artificial Intelligence is ...
‘Retired’ banker stays busy (and happy) in service to others
Given the choice between impacting his community through service versus quantifying that impact for a quarterly report, Karl Bollingberg will choose the former every time. That leaves Bollingberg, a 2026 BankBeat “Amazing Outside Director,” with a lot on his plate (even though he’s supposed t...
Bridgewater Bank benefits from director’s ‘go-getter’ ethos
If you’re going to start a commercial bank, you’ll want to recruit a few business leaders to help you make inroads into those communities. So when Jerry Baack left his job at Commerce Bank to launch Bridgewater Bank in 2005, he set out to recruit his former customer, Jim Johnson, to be both an investor...