Iowa

The company will set aside more than $10 million, with most of the provision addressing an issue with a commercial loan.

The company will pay $186 million for First Bank Lubbock in a deal that also includes mortgage unit PrimeWest Mortgage.

The company will pay $53 million in cash and stock for Signature Bank.

The credit union will be CU*Answers' second member-owner in the greater Des Moines area

The parent of State Bank in New Hampton has agreed to buy the holding company for Peoples Trust & Savings Bank.

Des Moines CU has expanded its FOM to include first responders, government employees and more.

The Illinois company agreed to pay $44 million to buy Guaranty Bank, the biggest institution based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has announced Kim Averill as the new head of the Iowa Division of Credit Unions, replacing retiring JoAnn Johnson.

Johnson has led the Iowa CU regulator’s office since being appointed by the governor in 2011.

Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, is looking to raise $53.5 million through a public offering.

Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Founders Bancorp in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has named Jack Lloyd president of its residential mortgage business.

Heartway Bancorp. in Wayland, Iowa, has agreed to buy Peoples State Bank in Winfield, Iowa.

A former head of the U.S. unit of Dutch-owned insurance company Aegon has been named chairman of a community bank in Illinois.

Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis., has agreed to buy Capital Bank in St. Paul, Minn., from First Sleepy Eye Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Central Bancshares in Muscatine, Iowa, has agreed to buy Brimfield Bank in Brimfield, Ill.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has completed its acquisition of CIC Bancshares in Denver and made related executive moves.

Katie Lorenson will join the $3 billion-asset company on Aug. 31, when CFO Gary Ortale plans to retire.

Mary Kay Bates, who had been chief operating officer in January 2014, was promoted to president of the $724 million-asset bank in Spirit Lake, Iowa.