Regulators work through crisis with bankers
Regulators are reducing exam schedules, making it easier for banks to do business online, waiving notification requirements and taking other steps to make it easier for bankers to serve as many customers as possible during a crisis that has plunged the nation into recession ...
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More ways businesses may regret getting stimulus loans
It the bank knows a business personally, the face time will be worth it. Digital applications will, this time, take ...
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COVID-19 and the looming ransomware threat
In today’s uncertain workplace reality, C-suite executives at financial institutions seem to have an endless list of urgent priorities requiring ...
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No time for timidity
Maybe some good came out of the financial crisis of 2008 — that is, lessons about how to handle another ...
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Chronicles
Unity Bank buys First Citizens in Montana
Augusta, Wis.-based Unity Bank has completed its acquisition of First Citizens Bank of Polson, Mont., its first office in the ...
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Deals called off amid pandemic
A pair of recently announced bank M&A deals, including one involving a credit union, have been put on ice during ...
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Three of four banks restructuring farm loans
Almost three quarters of respondents to the monthly the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index survey have restructured farm loans to ...
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Otting to leave OCC
Joseph Otting plans to resign from his position as Comptroller of the Currency. His last day will be May 29 ...
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Security Financial to buy Jackson County Bank
Durand, Wis.-based Security Financial Services Corporations has agreed with Wisconsin Bank Services, Inc., to acquire its subsidiary Jackson County Bank, ...
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DCI names first female president
Data Center Inc., Hutchinson, Kan., named Sarah Fankhauser the company’s first female president in its history, and announced its acquisition ...
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People
QCR, Bank First name directors
QCR Holdings, Molin, Ill., and Bank First, Manitowoc, Wis., added new directors to their boards ...
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First State in Bayport names president
Jason Howard has been named president of First State Bank & Trust, Bayport, Minn., as part of the bank’s planned ...
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Wisconsin Bank & Trust hires new CEO
Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Madison, Wis., a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA Inc., hired Brent Giles as its new CEO ...
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Opinion
#QuickTakes: Brian Love
Brian Love, head of depository search with The Travillian Group, lays out how the pandemic is affecting HR and staffing, ...
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#QuickTakes: Dwight Larsen
Dwight Larsen, president/CEO of United Bankers' Bank in Bloomington, Minn., shares his thoughts on how the pandemic has changed the ...
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Six feet of separation scraps interactions, postpones shows
By March 31, three out of four Americans worked from home. Bank lobbies were locked, phone lines redirected, video chats ...
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Community Relations
Security Financial stocks shelves
Area food pantries will be able to buy more food for those in need in five area communities thanks to ...
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First Farmers gives food banks a boost
Converse, Ind.-based First Farmers Bank & Trust, in partnership with pork producers and processors throughout the state, has initiated a ...
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Kerndt Brothers Bank makes a splash
Kerndt Brothers Bank in Lansing, Iowa, recently announced a donation of $5,000 to support the New Albin Improvement League’s Splash ...
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