Chicago-based Taylor Capital Group Inc. announced that Cole Taylor Bank is expanding its commercial banking business into southeastern Wisconsin through the opening of a new office in Franklin.
The new commercial banking office, located at 9809 S. Franklin Drive, will be Cole Taylor’s second operation in the state, joining Cole Taylor Business Capital’s facility in Brookfield.
The Franklin office will be led by Russ Weyers, who brings more than 25 years of Wisconsin-based commercial banking experience to Cole Taylor. Weyers is the former president and chief executive officer of Racine-based Johnson Bank. He is a past chairman of the Wisconsin Bankers Association and also served on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
“I am very pleased to welcome Russ to Cole Taylor,” said Mark Hoppe, president and CEO of the Cole Taylor Bank. “As a leader in the southeastern Wisconsin community, Russ brings extensive market experience to our organization and with it, a deep network of relationships across the area. He is the ideal professional to bring Cole Taylor’s expertise and relationship-based approach to middle market businesses.”
Weyers, who is group senior vice president at Cole Taylor Bank, said, “I’m delighted to be joining Cole Taylor Bank. The Bank’s long-term focus on providing outstanding customer service and high-quality banking solutions is just what Wisconsin’s business owners want from their bank. I’m confident they will find Cole Taylor and our local, responsive team a terrific option for their commercial banking relationship.”
Cole Taylor Bank has an 80-year history of providing business owners and managers with commercial banking services, including loans and lines of credit, treasury management services and commercial mortgages.
Taylor Capital Group is the $4.7 billion bank holding company of Cole Taylor Bank.
