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Employee Spotlight: Alison Herbst

Image Works Direct

Meet Alison Herbst, one of our Project Managers and Marketing Automation Specialists at image.works! She grew up in Wauwatosa, WI, and attended the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, earning her degree in marketing with a minor in digital media and design, which she has skillfully applied at image.works.

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Grocery Roundup: New Amazon Fresh Store, SpartanNash Puts Incentives In ‘Fast Lane,' Walmart On Autonomous Delivery

PYMNTS

The new store in Woodland Park will take the place of a closed Fairway Market in a shopping center that also has a GameStop, Barnes & Noble and Kohl’s department store. Amazon bought Fairway Market stores in Woodland Park and Paramus, but it has not made plans known for location in the latter municipality.

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The benefits of small business relationships

Independent Banker

“In many ways, we have always operated with the initiative to become a true advisor to our customers, but in the last few years, it has become a strategic focus to function this way on a daily basis,” says Joe Allen, senior vice president/central market leader. Evans Bank. in preparation for the meeting with the bank,” says DeJean.

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Manufacturers Loosen Budgets To Make Tech Upgrades

PYMNTS

of Wisconsin, said they’ve maintained or accelerated investments in tech and research. They don’t want to weaken their ability to meet customer demand and lose market share coming out of the economic downturn, he added. The Wall Street Journal reported companies such as Xylem Inc., the New York water technology company, SPX Flow Inc.

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Worried About Digital Fraud Now? Just Wait For The Implants.

PYMNTS

Consider the Wisconsin workers whose employer offered them the chance to embed chips to buy snacks, gain access to physical spaces and computers and other tasks. The payment and commerce opportunities of such technology is obvious, and the wearables market is helping to guide the way toward the potential (likely?)

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Ag lending outlook & top challenges

Abrigo

Two of the main expenses for farmers and ranchers – fertilizer and fuel – have had the highest inflation this year, and rising interest rates are also likely to hit their net income, said Rob Newberry, Senior Advisor on Abrigo’s Advisory Services team and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Should My Financial Institution Enter into This Interest Rate Swap?

Abrigo

Market value at risk (EVE, NEV) From a value at risk perspective, the scenario that includes the swap transaction does in fact improve the equity position. We can see when comparing the market value results with NO swap and WITH the swap, the portfolio equity ratios are higher in the WITH swap scenario. Speak with an advisor.

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