EX-23 3 d292916dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Associated Banc-Corp.:

Re: Registration Statements on Form S-8

 

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Re: Registration Statements on Form S-3

 

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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements listed above on Form S-8 and S-3 of Associated Banc-Corp of our reports dated February 27, 2012 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Associated Banc-Corp and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, which reports appear in the December 31, 2011 annual report on Form 10-K of Associated Banc-Corp.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 27, 2012