excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message associated banc corp type public traded as nyse asb industry financial services regional banks bank holding company founded 1861 headquarters green bay wisconsin united states number of locations over 200 branches area served wisconsin illinois minnesota missouri indiana ohio michigan texas key people william r. hutchinson chairman philip b. flynn ceo products retail banking commercial banking specialized lending commercial real estate lending private banking wealth management asset management investment banking insurance services number of employees approximately 4 400 website www.associatedbank.com associated banc corp is a u.s. regional bank holding company providing retail banking commercial banking commercial real estate lending private banking specialized financial services and insurance services . it is headquartered in green bay wisconsin . it is the largest bank by asset size headquartered in wisconsin . the bank s main focus is middle market commercial banking in wisconsin illinois minnesota and the upper midwest . at june 30 2016 it had 29 billion in assets 1 and was one of the top 50 publicly traded u.s. bank holding companies . 2 associated bank is a nationally chartered bank regulated by the office of the comptroller of the currency department of the treasury . associated bank is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation the federal reserve bank of chicago and the federal home loan bank of chicago . the company has approximately 4 400 employees . 3 contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 sports sponsorships 4 references 5 external links history edit the associated banc corp holding company was formed on may 1 1970 when three community banks formed a banking alliance that consolidated into associated bank . the three founding community banks were the first national bank of neenah founded in 1861 ; kellogg citizens national bank green bay founded 1874 ; and manitowoc savings bank founded in 1884 . 1970 associated banc corp was formed citation needed 1989 acquired the associated de pere bank of de pere wisconsin 1991 acquired farmers state bank of pound wisconsin and f & m financial services 1992 acquired wausau financial and northeast wisconsin financial services 1993 changed name to associated bank green bay na 1993 acquired first national bank of sturgeon bay of sturgeon bay wisconsin 1995 acquired gn bancorp of illinois 1996 acquired mid american national bancorp of illinois 1997 acquired centra financial of wisconsin 1997 merged with first financial corporation of stevens point wisconsin 4 1998 acquired citizens bank na of shawano wisconsin 1999 acquired windsor bancshares of minnesota 5 2001 changed name to associated bank na ; merged and re branded existing affiliate banks in milwaukee wisconsin ; neenah wisconsin ; manitowoc wisconsin ; wausau wisconsin ; and madison wisconsin 2002 acquired signal financial corp. of minnesota 6 2003 merged and re branded affiliates associated card services bank in stevens point wisconsin and associated bank illinois in rockford illinois 2004 acquired first federal capital bank of la crosse wisconsin expanding into western and southwest wisconsin 7 2005 merged and re branded affiliate banks in minneapolis minnesota and in chicago illinois 2005 acquired state financial services of hales corners wisconsin and expanded to northern illinois 2007 acquired first national bank of hudson wisconsin 8 2008 requested a 525 million share of the 700 billion troubled asset relief program tarp fund 2012 redeveloped the downtown green bay regency building to create the new associated center as its headquarters 9 2011 repaid 525 million share of the 700 billion troubled asset relief program tarp fund 10 2013 named one of the 100 most trustworthy companies by forbes . 11 2014 joined the new york stock exchange and began trading under the ticker asb 12 2015 acquired ahmann & martin co. a risk and employee benefits consulting firm 13 subsidiaries edit during the 1990s and 2000s associated banc corp merged all of its affiliated banks into associated bank n.a. a wholly owned subsidiary . associated s non bank subsidiaries include associated trust company n.a. ; associated financial group llc ; associated investment services inc. ; and kellogg asset management llc sports sponsorships edit associated bank has been the bank of the green bay packers since 1919 . 14 it is a banking partner of the milwaukee brewers 15 the university of wisconsin madison athletics 16 and the minnesota wild . 17 it is also the bank of the wisconsin athletic hall of fame . 18 references edit associated banc corp reports second quarter earnings of 0.31 per share pdf press release . associated banc corp. july 21 2016 . retrieved july 21 2016 . large commercial banks . federal reserve . june 30 2015 . retrieved june 30 2015 . associated banc corp reports second quarter earnings of 0.31 per share pdf press release . associated banc corp. july 21 2016 . retrieved july 21 2016 . associated banc corp sets merger with first financial . may 15 1997 . retrieved june 21 2016 . associated banc corp buys minnesota bank . october 1 1998 . retrieved september 15 2016 . associated bank buys signal financial . september 10 2001 . retrieved june 21 2016 . order approving the acquisition of a savings association pdf press release . federal reserve . august 16 2004 . retrieved march 22 2016 . company overview of the first national bank of hudson . september 15 2016 . retrieved september 15 2016 . associated bank comes home . city of green bay wisconsin . march 26 2012 . associated banc corp looks to a post tarp future . september 24 2011 . retrieved june 21 2016 . associated bank named one of the top 100 most trustworthy company s by forbes press release . associated banc corp. april 15 2013 . retrieved april 15 2013 . associated bank marks move to new york stock exchange . february 24 2015 . retrieved june 21 2016 . paul gores january 16 2015 . associated banc corp to buy minnesota insurance broker . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved march 21 2016 . paul gores september 1 2015 . associated bank signs packer receivers for marketing campaign . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved march 21 2016 . milwaukee brewers and associated bank expand partnership press release . associated banc corp. march 26 2015 . retrieved march 26 2015 . associated bank and uw athletics deepen partnership press release . associated banc corp. january 19 2016 . retrieved january 19 2016 . associated bank and minnesota wild announce partnership press release . minnesota wild hockey club . november 17 2015 . retrieved march 21 2016 . associated bank becomes bank of wisconsin athletic hall of fame press release . wbtv . february 16 2016 . retrieved march 22 2016 . external links edit official site associated financial group slumping oil prices pare associated banc corp earnings from the milwaukee journal sentinel banks are laughable except for ours from the new york times retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title associated banc corp & oldid 742995882 categories companies based in green bay wisconsinbanks based in wisconsineconomy of the midwestern united states1861 establishments in the united stateshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2016all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 03 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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