BRIEF: BMO Harris to close Monona office, ending 32 jobs

Aug. 07--A BMO Harris call center in Monona will close by Oct. 10, ending the jobs of 32 people, the Chicago bank has told the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

BMO Harris told employees in late February that it planned to combine call centers into two locations, in Brookfield and Buffalo Grove, Illinois, spokesman Jim Kappel said. He said nearly two-thirds of the workers at the office, 508 River Place, have found new jobs at BMO Harris or with other companies.

Kappel said the Monona office closing does not affect any bank branches and is not related to the layoff of 37 employees at the BMO Harris data center in Sun Prairie, a year and a half ago.

BMO Harris is the No. 1 bank in the Madison area in market share, with nearly 16 percent of local deposits, according to 2013 figures compiled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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