The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will conduct supervisory examinations of nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers. [Continue]

Industrial production increased by nearly 1 percent in March and 8.1 percent in the first quarter on an annual rate, according to a Federal Reserve study. [Continue]

Many rural community residents rely on their local banks despite being more likely to live in banking deserts, according to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report. [Continue]

Farmland prices continue to increase at the fastest rate in more than 15 years, according to Creighton University’s monthly survey of bank CEOs. [Continue]

Wisconsin’s Associated Bank is the latest large bank to eliminate non-sufficient funds fees and overdraft protection fees.  [Continue]

The economy expanded “at a modest pace” despite decades-high inflation and ongoing workforce shortages, according to the April Beige Book. [Continue]

U.S. consumer sentiment rose nearly 11 percent early this month but remains historically low, according to a University of Michigan report. [Continue]

After 70 years of ownership, the Barlow family is selling Iowa Falls State Bank to a group of investors who plan to keep the bank local.  As reported by the Iowa Falls Times Citizen on April 20, the Barlows — siblings John Barlow, Pam Angstman and Cinda Classon and their children — announced this week … Read more

First Business Bank is working withThe Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Mo., to promote a commemorative coins program. [Continue]

Winona, Minn.-based Merchants Financial Group, Inc., approved a 3-for-1 stock split on April 14 after the $2.8 billion company announced record 2021 profits. [Continue]