Nick Benz has joined Merchants Bank as a Treasury Management Sales Officer Lead, according to Andrew Guzzo, Winona and Southeast Regional President.
“Nick brings more than 15 years of treasury management expertise to our team, helping local businesses find efficiencies and implement beneficial cashflow strategies. I’m excited to see how he puts his knowledge to work for our valued clients at Merchants,” said Guzzo.
A Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), Benz has 17 years of experience in treasury management and banking working with businesses of all sizes. He was most recently a Treasury Management Payment Consultant for US Bank and has spent the majority of his career providing business clients with expertise in this area, which continues to grow in importance as businesses look for innovate ways to safely manage cash.
“I’m excited to join a growing community bank that values technology. The world has changed quickly over the past year, and I want to help our business clients adapt and continue to grow into the future,” said Benz.
Benz is a graduate of Winona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Marketing and currently lives in Onalaska with wife and two children. Having previously lived in the Coulee Region, he is looking forward to becoming active community volunteer again. In his free time, he coaches his children’s baseball team and likes to be outside and enjoys hunting and fishing.
The Merchants Bank Treasury Management & Commercial Lending team is comprised of more than 40 local experts, available throughout our regional footprint. Merchants’ Treasury Management Sales Officers help with cash flow strategies, custom account protection tools to monitor for fraud and effective options for collecting and making payments. As a regional banking leader, Merchants can assist businesses of any size with their business financing needs, including Treasury Management and deposit services.
Merchants Bank is a full service community bank with 23 bank locations in southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin and a leasing division, Merchants Bank Equipment Finance, in Edina. Headquartered in Winona, MN, MFGI has more than $2.5 billion in assets. Merchants was founded in 1875. Loans are subject to credit approval. Member FDIC.