Montana

The Montana company will spend $200 million to buy Idaho Independent and Community 1st Bank.

Montana’s Credit Unions have entered into a partnership with the Minnesota CU Network and TruLync to offer prize-linked savings to members.

Eagle Bancorp Montana is gaining four branches and $94 million in deposits with its $19 million purchase of Big Muddy Bancorp.

The credit union expanded its reach from serving three counties to 20 counties in western and central Montana.

The Montana-based credit union said its latest dividend outperformed the national average return on savings accounts by five times.

American Share Insurance is moving into Big Sky Country, the 10th state to permit private share insurance.

The Montana company agreed to buy Inter-Mountain Bancorp in an all-stock deal valued at $173 million. The company has lined up nine bank acquisitions in the last five years.

The acquisition will allow Eagle to expand into southwestern Montana.

The Montana company has agreed to buy Columbine Capital in a deal that will add five branches and $330 million in loans in Colorado.

The deal with American Homestead Mortgage will allow Wintrust Mortgage to move into northern Montana.

The company had been operating for years under a licensing agreement with the San Francisco banking giant.

Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., will enter Arizona after buying TFB Bancorp in Yuma.

Voters in Florida, North Dakota, Montana and Arkansas approved medical marijuana measures on Tuesday, while their counterparts in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational pot initiatives.

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., reported higher quarterly profit tied to loan growth and increased fee income.

Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., has agreed to buy Treasure State Bank in Missoula, Mont., for $12.9 million in cash and stock

Community Bank in Pasadena, Calif., said Tuesday that it has named Lyle Knight, a former CEO of First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., to its board.

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., announced its third deal in two years as it inched closer to $10 billion of assets.

Freedom Bank in Columbia Falls, Mont., has been released from a consent order that the FDIC and the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions had implemented in December 2009.

Trico Community Federal Credit Union in Helena, Mt., plans to change its name and charter.

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., has tapped a KeyCorp executive as its new chief credit officer.