Press Releases - Archives 2004

December 2004

• Governor Doyle Praises Wisconsin’s Nationally Acclaimed Teacher-Training Program -- December 16, 2004

November 2004

• Wisconsin DFI Bank Program is Re-Accredited -- November 08, 2004

October 2004

• Check 21: DFI Urges Consumers To Prepare for Change to Check Processing Laws -- October 21, 2004
  • Consumer FAQs on the Check 21 Act
  • Federal Reserve's FAQ

August 2004

• Scam Artists are Targeting Answering Machines With "Misdialed" Numbers and "Secret" Stock Tips -- August 19, 2004
  
• DFI's Patricia Struck Elected to Lead International Securities Group -- August 10, 2004
• First Lady Doyle to Speak at Financial and Economic Education Luncheon -- August 03, 2004

July 2004

• Educators to Learn Wealth-Building Facets of Personal Finance -- July 08, 2004

June 2004

• Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle to be Luncheon Keynote Speaker at Milwaukee Youth Enterprise Academy -- June 30, 2004
  
• NCUA to host Access Across America Economic Empowerment Summit in Milwaukee July 20-21st -- June 28, 2004 (external link)
  
• MEDIA ALERT -- Entrepreneurs to Hold Class for Educators During Institute for Financial and Economic Education -- June 22, 2004
• Credit Union Review Board appointees -- June 10, 2004

May 2004

• Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Reaches Settlement with Richard S. Strong -- May 20, 2004
• MEDIA ALERT -- May 20, 2004

April 2004

• DFI Joins in Sponsoring the Fifth Annual Milwaukee Money Conference -- April 28, 2004
• Governor Doyle Signs Uniform Prudent Investors Act -- April 19, 2004
• Predatory Lending Bill Signed into Law -- April 15, 2004
• Governor Signs Bill to Combat Predatory Lending -- April 15, 2004 (external link)
• Wisconsin Newspapers Target of Credit Union Ad Scam -- April 07, 2004
• Governor Jim Doyle Announces that April is "National Saving and Investing Month" -- April 02, 2004
  
• Wisconsin Students Top National Average for Financial Literacy -- April 02, 2004

March 2004

• Governor Doyle Endorses Expanded 2004 Teacher-Training Program -- March 08, 2004

February 2004

• Money Conference Returns to Beloit/Janesville -- February 27, 2004
• DFI Warns of Investment Scam -- February 18, 2004

January 2004

• Secretary Keating Heinemann Announces DFI Support of the Financial Literacy theme of the National Consumer Protection Week -- January 29, 2004
• ALERT- Fictitious E-mails- Homeland Security, FDIC; OCC -- January 28, 2004
• Governor Doyle's State of the State Address (external link) -- January 21, 2004
• Federal Regulator Preempts States Laws and Threatens Consumer Protections -- January 16, 2004
• DFI Releases "TOP 10" Investment Scams, Schemes and Scandals -- January 14, 2004