State Coverage: Iowa
Ambank, Brogan, CoastalStates Hit with Fed Enforcement Orders
American Banker | Feb 07The Federal Reserve Board has ordered bank holding companies in Iowa, Wisconsin and South Carolina to use whatever resources are available to them to nurse their ailing bank subsidiaries back to health.
Two Failures Bring 2011 Toll to 90
American Banker | Nov 18Regulators closed a bank in Louisiana, and another in Iowa, late Friday to bring the year’s failure total to 90.
Heartland Approved For $81M From SBLF
American Banker | Aug 30Heartland Financial USA Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa was approved for up to $81.7 million in the Small Business Lending Fund, the largest amount publicly announced.
Iowa Bank Outsources Core Banking to TriNovus
American Banker | Aug 04Community bank letting a vendor keep its systems up to date on regulatory requirements.
West Bancorp. Announces Tarp Exit
American Banker | Jun 29The West Des Moines, Iowa, company said Wednesday that it exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program and was able to redeem $36 million in preferred stock.
Shareholder Pressures Meta to Find a Buyer
American Banker | Jun 24A major investor in Meta Financial Group has grown impatient with the company's sagging stock price and is urging the Storm Lake, Iowa, bank holding company to sell itself.
Battle Starts Over Iowa Land Deal
American Banker | Jan 05A land deal in Iowa City, involving the city and a credit union is the focus of a legal battle.
Heartland Merging Pair of Iowa Banks
American Banker | Dec 30Heartland Financial USA Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, is combining the charters of two banks.
Georgia Sees 3 More Failures; Others Fall in Fla., Ark. and Minn.
American Banker | Dec 17It was another busy — and costly — night for regulators in the Southeast. Of the nation's six failures Friday — bringing the year's total to 157 — three were in Georgia and one was in ...
Iowa Bank Snags Big Mortgage Team
American Banker | Nov 30Heartland Financial USA Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, has picked up a team of mortgage bankers that had worked at a failed Arizona thrift.
OTS Calls Off Meta's Tax Loans
American Banker | Oct 15The Office of Thrift Supervision has put a halt to Meta Financial Group Inc.'s tax-refund-anticipation loans.
Heartland Loss 200% Higher
American Banker | Jan 26Heartland Financial USA of Dubuque, Iowa, reported a net 2009 loss of $9.2 million for common shareholders, 200% larger than the 2008 loss.
'09 Failure Total Rises to 89 After Five More Collapses
American Banker | Sep 08Federal and state regulators shut five banks in Iowa, Missouri, Arizona and Illinois late Friday, raising the number of failures this year to 89.
First Federal in Iowa Gets Capital Deadline
American Banker | Sep 01Federal regulators have given the struggling First Federal Bankshares in Sioux City, Iowa, until the end of September to raise the capital levels at its Vantus Bank unit.
Capital-Strapped Iowa Bank to Lose CEO After Short Tenure
American Banker | Aug 12First Federal Bankshares Inc. in Sioux City, Iowa, is running out of time to raise capital, and now it also needs to find a chief executive.
