News Topic: Illinois

Tri County Financial will pay an undisclosed amount for H.F. Gehant Bancorp. ... Read full article

The company could raise as much as $158 million by selling shares to the public. ... Read full article

FWBank would be led by Marianne Markowitz, former acting SBA director. Amy Fahey, a former JPMorgan Chase executive, would serve as chairman. ... Read full article

Nearly a tenth of the industry’s deals this year were connected to the state, which boasts a good number of sought-after small banks. ... Read full article

Both banks focus on the Chinese-American community. ... Read full article

Asset Recovery Associates told borrowers that it could sue them, garnish their wages and place liens against their homes, according to a consent order by the consumer bureau. ... Read full article

The company will pay $195 million for its first retail operations in the city. ... Read full article

The company has agreed to buy Albany Bancshares, which has four branches near the Iowa border. ... Read full article

The Iowa company will pay QCR Holdings about $59 million for Rockland Bank and Trust. ... Read full article

Byline Bancorp is in discussions to buy Parkway Bank and Trust, according to a local publication. ... Read full article

The company agreed to buy the parent of Countryside Bank for $90.5 million. ... Read full article

The Wisconsin regional agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank in Staunton for $76 million in cash. ... Read full article

The former mutual, which had faced pressure from an activist investor, agreed to be sold to Corporate America Family Credit Union. ... Read full article

A Wisconsin credit union's agreement to acquire a small Chicago bank, the eighth credit union-bank deal this year, led bankers to once again call for policymakers to slow the trend. A credit union trade group complained that banks are trying to stifle ... Read full article

The company will pick up five branches as part of the $48 million deal. ... Read full article

Most notably, the charges indicate that Stephen Calk lied to banking regulators about what he knew when he approved loans to Paul Manafort, as well as about his interest in landing a job in the Trump administration. He faces one count of financial ... Read full article

Consolidation activity was ho-hum for most of April before a burst of transactions — and notable ones at that — were announced in the month's final week. ... Read full article

Shelley Seifert had been the bank's chief operating officer. ... Read full article