QCR Holdings celebrates 30 years as it nears $10B mark

When QCR Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Quad City Bank & Trust, was created 30 years ago, bankers warned the founders, Mike Bauer and Doug Hultquist, against creating what was then known as Quad City Holdings, Inc. as a publicly traded entity.

“Thankfully an investment banker from the Twin Cities convinced Mike and me that the growth potential here…