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Wisconsin Community Banker
September/October 2014
CHANGING SCENE
nine-year federal prison sentence in
September.
Alvin J. Brook, 44, had walked
into an M&I Bank, ordered the three
employees into the vault area, and
pointed his department-issued Glock
handgun at their heads. He made off
with $54,000.
The robbery was finally solved last
year when authorities, acting on a tip,
matched a crime-scene fingerprint to
him.
Brook had pleaded guilty to bank
robbery and use of a gun during a
robbery. Before sentencing, he apolo-
gized to the traumatized bank tellers,
as well as to his family and former col-
leagues. He said grief over his divorce
drove him to abuse painkillers, which
led him to commit the crime.
Secure Banking Solutions
Named a Fast Growing
Company
MADISON, S.D.—Inc. magazine has
ranked Secure Banking Solutions
(SBS) No. 3850 on its eighth annual
Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking
of the nation’s fastest-growing private
companies. The list represents the
most comprehensive look at the most
important segment of the economy—
America’s independent entrepreneurs.
SBS joins Tough Mudder, Wedding-
Wire, and GoPro, among other promi-
nent brands featured on this year’s list.
Secure Banking Solutions is an
information security consulting firm,
founded in 2004 that helps small- to
medium-sized financial institutions
protect their sensitive data. SBS has
expertise to help identify shortcom-
ings in technology security structure
and IT regulatory requirements, and
offers services to help correct these
deficiencies. Currently, SBS works
with over 750 financial institutions in
nearly every state in the US, and has
earned the endorsement of CBW and
many other state community bank
associations.
Heritage Bank Holds
Ribbon-Cutting
MARSHFIELD—Heritage Bank held
a ribbon cutting for its remodeled
Marshfield office in September. The
ribbon cutting was attended by Steve
Barg, Marshfield city administrator;
Pam Rosterman, Marshfield Area
Chamber of Commerce president;
Mark Anderson; Rick Heinzen and
Alan Bauman, Heritage Bank board
members; and Martin Reinhart, bank
president and Kathy Meidl assistant
vice president who cut the ribbon.
Anchor BanCorp
Earnings Up
MADISON— Anchor BanCorp
earned $2.6 million in the second
quarter that ended June 30, compared
to a net loss of $5.4 million for the
same quarter last year. The holding
company, parent of AnchorBank, had
$2.12 billion in total assets on June 30,
