Iowa's Heartland to Report Loss

Heartland Financial USA of Dubuque, Iowa, said it expects to post a loss of $2 million to $3 million for the fourth quarter, as a result of a spike in problem loans ...

Glacier Closes Deal to Enter Colorado

Glacier Bancorp of Kalispell, Mont., said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Bank of the San Juans in Durango, Colo.

Glacier Stock Sale to Fund Deals

Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., is planning to issue up to 4.6 million shares in a public offering, and it said it would use the proceeds to "fund possible ... "

First Interstate Raises $11.8M

First Interstate sold 153,662 shares of its common stock at $77 each, including 58,799 in a private placement with the Scott family and 94,863 distributed to employees and ...

Glacier to Acquire Bank of San Juans

Continuing its expansion into other Rocky Mountain states, Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., has a deal to acquire the $146M-asset Bank of the San Juans in Durango, Colo., for ...

SBA Testing Rural Lending Program

The Small Business Administration is testing a program meant to encourage more community banks and credit unions to make government-guaranteed loans in rural markets.

South Dakota Tourist Spot Draws Montana Bank

The Black Hills and Badlands region of South Dakota has emerged as a major tourist destination, and First Interstate BancSystem Inc. in Billings, Mont., wants in on the action.

First Interstate in Montana Acquiring First Western for $251 million

First Interstate BancSystem Inc. in Billings, Mont., has made a deal to buy First Western Bancorp Inc. in Huron, S.D., for $251 million in cash and stock.

Montana Town Is Emerging as a Boomtown for Banking

It is a good time to be a bank in Bozeman, Mont. With people continuing to flock to the city about 100 miles north of Yellowstone National Park and new businesses moving in to serve them, banks there are relishing a lengthy run of double-digit loan and deposit growth.

Heartland Sees Interior West as Bonanza

Two years ago Heartland Financial USA Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, laid out an ambitious plan: to double its assets every five to seven years.

To Speed Imaging, Mont. Banks' Sold Data Center

Instead of investing in image exchange technology themselves, four Montana banks have outsourced their check processing to Fiserv Inc. and sold the vendor much of the equipment in their shared processing center.

Fed Plan to Shut Check Sites Seen Spurring Imaging

A plan by the Federal Reserve Board to shutter three western check-processing centers could encourage banks to implement image technology, industry observers say.

In Brief: Glacier to Acquire Its First Utah Bank

In Brief: Juniper Card for Montana Democrats

Juniper Bank, a Wilmington, Del., unit of Britain's Barclays PLC, last week began issuing a Montana Democratic Party MasterCard.