Writer: Matthew Doffing

FDIC lowers premiums. [Continue]

Seeking tax benefits and an additional layer of insurance protection, Midwest banks are starting captive insurance companies. [Continue]

Litigation settlements boost earnings for FHLB Des Moines, Chicago. [Continue]

Midwest banks report healthy loan growth in Q2, [Continue]

West Bancorporation, Inc., reported net income of $5.5 million, the highest net income recorded by the company for the second quarter of any year. [Continue]

First National Bank of Omaha announced $360,000 in community development grants to 28 organizations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas and South Dakota on August 10. [Continue]

Hear from new Bankers’ bank leader. [Continue]

With a year and a half under his belt as president of Community Bank Owatonna, Minn., Bryan Toft already has contributed substantially to the accomplishment of the bank’s strategic goals, said Dale Bowers, the bank’s CEO and a member of the bank’s founding investor group. Bowers has been training Toft to lead the bank since … Read more

Since Darin Johnson took over as president and CEO of Security State Bank, Sutherland, Iowa, in 2004, he has taken the bank from 34th for return on assets to the top three for ROA in the state. In 2015, the $118 million bank earned a 2.60 percent ROA and a 28.75 percent return on equity; … Read more

Leaders at the $2.1 billion First International Bank & Trust, Watford City, N.D., were attracted to Dave Mason’s background in Alaska when they hired him to help lead FIB&T’s entrance into Bismarck, one of the largest banking markets in the state. To questions like: Have you ever fallen into a hole in the side of … Read more