Viewpoints

U.S. Bank, the fifth largest bank in the U.S., has added to its services the Biller Advantage product offered by Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc.

Oconomowoc-based First Bank Financial Centre plans to open a branch in Glendale later this year.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. has hired Joe Fikejs as chief operating officer.

Milwaukee-based ARI Network Services Inc. today announced that it has acquired Des Moines, Iowa-based Direct Communications Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Milwaukee-based Metal Forms Corp. is seeking a $330,000 loan from the Milwaukee Economic Development Corp. The proposed loan, which is up for approval on Tuesday, would help the 106-year-old manufacturer purchase $825,000 worth of new robotic equipment to automate and expand its manufacturing processes.

Pewaukee-based TLX Technologies LLC has hired Jason Busalacchi as an inside sales representative. Busalacchi, a recent MBA graduate from Concordia University, brings experience in new business development and customer satisfaction in highly specialized markets.

In this blog, I’ve talked at various times about collaboration, risk and technology, but not together in the same thought.

ER Wagner Manufacturing Co. Inc. was established in 1900 after ER Wagner wrote a letter to A.O. Smith in 1899 offering to purchase the baby carriage business from him.

A Milwaukee area firm plans to move its corporate headquarters to a 158,000-square-foot industrial building that MSI General Corp. plans to build in Menomonee Falls.

Amazon, which hired 1,000 employees this spring for its new Kenosha fulfillment center, has revealed it is now hiring for another 1,000 full-time positions.