1940 Corporate name is officially changed to Anchor Savings and Loan Association. 1964 Anchor Savings and Loan moves into its new 10-story office building at 25 W. Main St. in Madison. 1967 Anchor opens a full-service branch at Hilldale, the first savings and loan branch in Dane County. 1971 New branches are opened in Platteville and Monroe. 1974 Anchor opens branches at Sherman Plaza and on Bridge Rd. in Monona.
Anchor opens a new branch in Sun Prairie and breaks ground to expand the downtown facility.
The Hilldale branch office is expanded and new branches are opened in Lancaster and Darlington. 1980 Anchor opens a grocery store location in Dodgeville and in July acquires an office in Kimberly through a merger with Kimberly Savings and Loan. 1981 Anchor opens a new location near West Towne Mall and adds the Janesville Racine St. location through a merger with Janesville Savings and Loan. Anchor purchases the offices of National Savings in Nakoma Plaza and Mount Horeb. Other new offices are established, through merger, in Prairie du Chien, Lancaster, Kieler, Chippewa Falls, and Menomonie.