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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

PYMNTS

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. In fact, last week, it was announced that the building would be the new home of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s K-12 STEM program. has hiked the normal commercial property tax rate on vacant property from between $1.65

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3 Ways Credit Union Are Driving Growth

Abrigo

CUNA reported in 2013 that mobile payments were growing at an annual rate of 68 percent. A recent article in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel notes, “More community bank takeovers by large credit unions are likely.” Bank acquisitions by credit unions did not exist until 2011, when St.

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Retail Chains Find New Ways To Fight

PYMNTS

In addition, tax cuts and higher savings are also playing a role in the rise in retail sales. That notably includes Kohl’s , which has launched Amazon return stations throughout its Milwaukee stores, expanding on a partnership that started last year. Service stations saw receipts that went up 0.8 Wages are up. Employment is up.

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Social Security? The Numbers Say To Get In Early As Possible

Tech and Finance

He even lists some of them: The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Kiplinger magazine, Consumer Reports, Motley Fool, Vanguard Group, CNNMoney, Suze Orman, AARP and Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. Steve has been a personal friend for years, and making these arguments as long as I have known him. Maersch and his wife, Judy, did.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

To counter such competition, the $186 million-asset community bank plans to hire another lender to seek deals across the state, sticking to smaller towns and avoiding the saturated Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., Ponce Bank, a $1.5 billion-asset community development financial institution (CDFI) in Bronx, N.Y., Ponce Bank in Bronx, N.Y.,