Nebraska banking icon Andrew “Skip” Hove dies
Icon of Nebraska community banking and longtime figure in Washington, D.C., regulatory circles, Andrew C. “Skip” Hove Jr., died in Lincoln, Neb., on August 18. He was 84 ...
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Communication key to community involvement
Jackson Winsett, assistant vice president and community affairs officer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, views the connection ...
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New ICBM chair wants to grow advocacy, mentoring efforts
Prioritizing industry advocacy efforts and mentoring the next generation of community bankers tops the lists of priorities for Bernie Gaytko, ...
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New Carlisle Federal gets new location, new name
While New Carlisle Federal Savings Bank remains headquartered in the same town after 136 years, the Ohio bank decided it ...
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Chronicles
Alerus to go public
North Dakota’s Alerus Financial plans to launch an IPO later this year, potentially raising $75 million based on the registration ...
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Heartland buys QCR’s Rockford Bank & Trust
Rockford-based Illinois Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of Iowa’s Heartland Financial USA, has agreed to acquire the assets and deposits ...
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Mutual of Omaha bought by CIT Group
CIT Group’s banking subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A., is acquiring Mutual of Omaha Bank for $1 billion, mostly in cash and ...
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Eagle Bancorp to buy Western Holding Company of Wolf Point
Helena, Mont.-based Eagle Bancorp is buying Western Holding Company of Wolf Point, Mont., in a half-and-half cash and stock deal ...
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Ames National to acquire Creston bank
Iowa State Savings Bank will be sold to Ames National Corp later this year through a stock purchase agreement ...
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First Option buying Pony Express
First Option Bank in Osawatomie, Kan., has inked a deal to acquire Pony Express Community Bank in St. Joseph, Mo ...
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People
Holt named president of First Farmers
Converse, Ind.-based First Farmers Financial Corp., has named Mark A. Holt president of its subsidiary First Farmers Bank & Trust ...
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CSBS hires senior economist
Thomas F. Siems, a former economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, has joined the Conference of State Bank ...
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Bremer beefs up ag department
Marc Schober was hired to a newly created director of specialized agriculture solutions position at Bremer Bank, St. Paul, Minn ...
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Opinion
Entrepreneurship starts with you
An entrepreneur is someone who surveys the landscape, looks for things that could be improved, and acts toward that improvement ...
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‘They’ may be lurking at your institution
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. “Why won’t they just finish the project?” I am sure “they,” those awful nameless ...
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Bank Secrecy Act overhaul works its way through Congress
In May, the House Financial Services Committee approved the COUNTER Act to modernize and reform the Bank Secrecy Act. The ...
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Community Relations
Iowa banks join to support local hospital
Local banks in and around Britt, Iowa, are teaming up to support a remodeling project at Hancock County Healthy System ...
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Kansas bank praised for financial literacy efforts
Topeka-based Silver Lake Bank set up a branch inside Washburn Rural High School and put the task of running the ...
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S.D. Junior Achievement gets boost from Dacotah
Dacotah Bank pledged $2,500 to Junior Achievement of South Dakota for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year for the Brookings and ...
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