Illinois

This is Advia CU's third bank purchase in three years, following deals in Indiana and Wisconsin.

Northern Oak Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser with $800 million in assets under management.

Earthmover Credit Union CEO Libby Calderone has been appointed president of the Illinois Credit Union System's CUSO.

The company will pay $42 million for Oak Park River Forest Bancshares.

The Illinois company will become one of the area's top 10 banks after buying Bank of Edwardsville.

Northern Credit Union in New York has shed its federal charter, while Gale CU in Illinois has converted to a community charter.

Huntington Bancshares is acquiring Hutchinson Shockey as both look to broaden their public finance reach.

The Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

The tiny Illinois-based credit union was supported by CUNA and the Illinois CU League, who partnered to file a joint amicus brief.

The big custody bank's fees surged on new business gained from its deal for UBS business units in Europe.

Banks are adjusting loan terms, making use of federal loan guarantees and working with farmers to find new markets, all in an effort to mitigate the damage from a likely drop in soybean exports.

A new court filing suggests that Stephen Calk was named to a 13-member economic advisory team in 2016 in exchange for approving a $9.5 million loan to former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Consumer advocates are urging local governments and courts to consider a person’s ability to pay before assessing fines and fees for such infractions as unpaid traffic tickets. Such changes could help low-income households avoid bankruptcy — and perhaps even make them more bankable.

There's a battle being waged by Bank of Montreal and its smaller rival, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as they compete against JPMorgan Chase and almost 200 other lenders in so-called Chicagoland — one of the toughest banking markets in the U.S.

An icon of the movement plans to step down later this year, following four decades in the industry and countless University of Lending seminars.

Holding multiple face-to-face meetings with executives from MB Financial helped Fifth Third land the Chicago company for a lower price than another suitor offered.

The Indiana bank would add nearly $100 million in deposits with its purchase of FM Bancorp.

Nearly a third of the company's revenue will come from noninterest income after it buys SCB, which owns a large insurance and farmland management business.

First Midwest Bancorp has agreed to buy Northern States Financial in Waukegan, Ill., for $91 million.

Union Bankshares has reached an agreement under which Federal Savings Bank will originate mortgages in its branches.