DES MOINES, Iowa – A 33-year-old man who was tracked with his partner to Yellowstone National Park after last May’s armed robbery at Community First CU, in Oscaloosa, was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison. Aaron Rafferty, who was armed with a sawed-off shotgun during the hold-up, and his accomplice, Justin Shrader, were captured by park rangers more than a month later in Yellowstone after a hit-and-run car accident. Shrader’s trial is still pending.
A first look at the capital plan suggests it moves the real estate finance industry closer to changes it lobbied for, but the devil may be in the details.
Housing economists at ICE Experience 2026 predict mortgage growth but also say the home finance industry has yet to fully adapt to the disruption of this decade.
The Oklahoma community bank partnered with two digital asset companies to create a cross-border form of tokenized U.S. dollar deposits.
Grand Rapids-based Independent Bank Corp. has agreed to buy HCB Bancorp for $70.2 million — the buyer's first deal since 2017.
Participate, a loan participation network, has agreed to use tokenized dollars issued by Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank.
Royal Bank of Canada is rolling out AI across its businesses in an effort to become more efficient and generate more revenues. The Toronto-based bank recently created an internal AI accelerator that directly reports to CEO Dave McKay.
