Press Releases - Archives 2005
December 2005
- New: Corporation Annual Reports and Other Documents Now Available online at DFI Website -- December 14, 2005
- Regulators Urge Investors to Carefully Check Credentials of ‘Senior Specialists’ -- December 12, 2005
- Minimum Credit Card Payments Rising -- December 09, 2005
Governor’s
Business Plan Contest accepting entries; more than $100,000 in prizes
already pledged -- December 07, 2005 (PDF: 123 KB /
2 pages)- High School Students Create Campaign to Educate Parents on Saving Money at Tax Time -- December 02, 2005
November 2005
-
DFI
and OCI Censure Waddell & Reed for Mishandling Customers' Accounts
-- November 29, 2005 (PDF: 35 KB /
2 pages)
- DOA releases RFP for bids on management services for the EdVest program -- November 07, 2005
October 2005
- DFI Announces System Fee Waiver & Reduction for Investment Advisers -- October 10, 2005
September 2005
- FDIC Chairman Says Action at Federal Level Needed to Preserve Healthy Dual Banking System -- September 26, 2005
- DFI Strengthens Discrimination Rule in Credit Transactions -- September 23, 2005
- DFI Orders Licensing
Exemption for Investment Professionals
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina -- September 22, 2005 - DFI's Patricia Struck Takes Office as President of International Securities Group -- September 20, 2005
- CSBS Urges Flexibility, Workout Plans for Banks Impacted by Katrina -- September 20, 2005
-
Wisconsin
Early Stage Symposium will help emerging companies become ‘venture
ready’ -- September 13, 2005 (PDF: 131 KB /
2 pages)
- Agencies Encourage Insured Depository Institutes to Assist Displaced Customers -- September 06, 2005
- Carrie Templeton is Appointed New Executive Assistant at Department of Financial Institutions -- September 02, 2005
August 2005
- WisBusiness: State Board Considers Investing More in Tech -- August 22, 2005 (external link)
-
Executive Assistant
Kathryn Carlson Testifies on Payday Loans -- August 19, 2005 (PDF: 17 KB /
2 pages)
-
Secretary
Keating Heinemann's Comments to FDIC on Tuition Savings Programs
-- August 08, 2005 (PDF: 15 KB /
2 pages)
July 2005
- Department of Financial Institutions Warns Investors to Beware of Phony Regulators -- July 28, 2005
- First Lady Will Host 50 Top Teachers at Executive Residence -- July 11, 2005
June 2005
- Ladysmith Bank Converts to State Charter -- June 28, 2005
- Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy Inaugural Meeting a Success -- June 02, 2005
May 2005
- Treasury Fund Head to Speak at Summit on Financial Resources For Wisconsin’s Native Communities -- May 17, 2005
April 2005
- DFI Secretary Lorrie Keating Heinemann Visits Third Graders to Highlight "Teach Children to Save Day" -- April 25, 2005
- Wisconsin Jump$tart Coalition Wins First “State Coalition of the Year” National Award -- April 12, 2005
March 2005
- Wisconsin Names Top 10 Threats to Investors -- March 23, 2005
- DFI Joins in Sponsoring the Fourth Annual Beloit/Janesville Money Conference -- March 15, 2005
- Free Credit Reports Available in March -- March 01, 2005
- Task Force to Improve Students' Financial Literacy -- March 01, 2005
February 2005
- Consumer Alert: The
Wisconsin Better Business Bureau warns consumers and businesses of a
mortgage elimination scam targeting homeowners and lenders in Wisconsin.
-- February 15, 2005
January 2005
-
Governor Doyle
Announces Wisconsin Angel Network to Connect Entrepreneurs with Early-Stage
Investors -- January 04, 2005 (PDF: 83 KB /
2 pages)