Illinois

State Bank of Texas, which bought the failed Seaway Bank in January, is selling nine branches to Self-Help Credit Union.

Premier Asset Management will add $550 million of assets under management to a platform that First Midwest has historically built with organic growth.

The Chicago company postponed a vote planned late last year after a surge in bank stocks changed the math behind the cash-and-stock transaction.

The move will more than double the size of Eldorado's branch network, while allowing MidCountry to exit the market.

The merger will create a bank with more than $4 billion in assets.

The $8 million credit union’s single office will become a branch

Five federally insured, low-income credit unions earned certification as community development financial institutions

Fourth-quarter profits at Wintrust Financial in Rosemont, Ill., climbed 54% to $54.6 million from a year earlier, helped largely by acquisitions and increases in mortgage banking and other fee income.

The company will pay $23.4 million for the $194 million-asset parent of Capaha Bank.

The Federal Reserve has terminated a written agreement with First Personal Financial in Orland Park, Ill., that had existed for more than six years.