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The COVID-19 Pandemic has created a once in a lifetime opportunity for Estate and Business Succession Planning Stay at home orders across the Country have allowed people to pick up new hobbies, spend more time with family, and find new means of entertainment. One thing that may not have crossed your mind while sitting at …

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2019 ACH and Check Positive Pay Fraud Prevention Statistics

Fraud Alerts

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020

Fraud is occurring in staggering numbers every day! If your Company is engaged in our business fraud prevention solutions, ACH & Check Positive Pay, we commend your diligence in working with us to prevent unauthorized or fraudulent transactions from clearing your business account. If your Company is not currently engaged in the solutions we strongly …

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ACH and Check Positive Pay Fraud Prevention Statistics through Q3 2019

Fraud Alerts

October 2, 2019March 4, 2020

Fraud is occurring in staggering numbers every day! If your company is engaged in our business fraud prevention solutions, ACH & Check Positive Pay, we commend your diligence in working with us to prevent unauthorized or fraudulent transactions from clearing your business account. If your company is not currently engaged in the solutions, we strongly …

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Authentic

Nicolet Updates

April 12, 2012April 26, 2019

“Every time we’ve made a decision to do the right thing, it ends up being good business.” – Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder. When Patagonia started their Common Threads Initiative, which encourages people to buy less of their product, it caught my attention. I like companies who choose their own path and fly in the face …

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When Left and Right Agree

Economic Commentary

February 29, 2012April 26, 2019

When President Obama and Rick Santorum agree about something, it gets my attention. They have both announced tax initiatives favoring manufacturing over other economic sectors. This together with their occasional expressions of skepticism about free trade policies have met with dismissive scorn from the guardians of economic orthodoxy. It is easy to chalk this up …

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Leadership: Is the Next Generation Ready?

Business Success

January 14, 2011April 26, 2019

In our latest Nicolet Bank Business Pulse study, we looked to compare and contrast the views of current business leaders (current Pulse members) and future leaders (members of Young Professionals groups). A few of the results that interested me was when we asked current business leaders how much confidence they had in the next generation …

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It Takes A Village To Raise A Banker

Business Success

June 21, 2010April 26, 2019

The kitchen table consensus is that greed caused the ongoing financial crisis. The universality of greed undermines the value, if not the accuracy of this diagnosis. Greed is such a broad term that it almost defies definition. Like all vice, greed is more easily detected in another person than in oneself. Greed observed in another …

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You Win With People

Nicolet Updates

June 11, 2010April 26, 2019

As most of you know, we have agreed to purchase the four Anchor Bank branches in Brown County. We are trying to assimilate the branches in 73 days. Pretty aggressive, but doable in our opinion. As we walk through this transition, I thought it would be interesting to blog a bit about our experiences. This …

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Diversity IS a Business Strategy Component

Business Success

May 13, 2010April 26, 2019

A while back our community saw all kinds of ‘diversity’ events and media pieces on point—all fine and some stellar—but it would have been interesting to see an entity/group do something in accordance with the blog title above. Whether people like (or are willing to admit) it, our community profile is changing, so we either …

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