West central Illinois banks to merge
Monmouth, Ill.-based Western Illinois Bancshares is acquiring Princeville, Ill.-based Main Street Bancorp in an all-stock deal, local media reported on April 26. [Continue]
Monmouth, Ill.-based Western Illinois Bancshares is acquiring Princeville, Ill.-based Main Street Bancorp in an all-stock deal, local media reported on April 26. [Continue]
Kansas City, Mo.-based UMB Financial is acquiring Denver-based Heartland Financial in a $2 billion stock deal. [Continue]
Suburban St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre opened its first full-service, cashless bank last year in the north St. Louis metro city of Dellwood. [Continue]
Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank failed April 26. [Continue]
The Federal Trade Commission recently banned companies from enforcing noncompete agreements. [Continue]
Most bankers see inflation, policy uncertainty and real estate as their top financial liabilities, according to a Federal Reserve report. [Continue]
Broad-based commercial real estate risk measures do not capture the full picture of risks to individual banks, according to a report from the Kansas City Fed. [Continue]
Community bankers are concerned over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s plan to lower overdraft fees, according to IntraFi’s business outlook survey of CEOs, presidents, CFOs and chief operating officers from nearly 500 banks. [Continue]
Wichita, Kan.-based Equity Bancshares, Inc., is expanding in the state by acquiring Quinter-based KansasLand Bank. [Continue]
Federal bank regulators are appealing the recent injunction against the final Community Reinvestment Act final rule. [Continue]