Nebraska

Financial institutions may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Credit unions and banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

Bankers may have a reputation for being old-school, but their rapidly growing digital-ad budgets are in step with the rest of the business world. Banks can both gather valuable demographic data from who clicks on their ads and better measure returns on their investments.

Mutual of Omaha Bank and an affiliate of PlainsCapital Bank in Dallas have partnered to sell residential mortgages.

The former chief executive of a failed bank in Lincoln, Neb., was sentenced to 11 years in prison for forming a scheme to hide more than $100 million in losses from shareholders and regulators.

Sandhills State Bank in Bassett, Neb., has agreed to buy Bank of Keystone in Keystone, Neb.

U.S. lawmakers called for federal investigations into Clayton Homes, the mobile-home business at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, after the Seattle Times and BuzzFeed News wrote that the company targeted minority borrowers and charged them higher interest rates on average than whites.

First Express of Nebraska in Gering and First Wyoming Bancorp. in Laramie have agreed to merge. The companies did not disclose the price of the deal, which is expected to close by mid-2016.

Madison County Financial in Madison, Neb., has bought a bank and insurance agency in Winside, Neb.

Pinnacle Bancorp in Central City, Neb., has agreed to buy Woodhaven National Bank in Fort Worth, Texas.

Two Nebraska mutuals that share a name, Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, have agreed to merge.

Western Nebraska Bank in Curtis will buy a branch in Paxton, Neb., from Pony Express Community Bank.

Equitable Financial in Grand Island, Neb., said its depositors and stockholders have approved its plan to convert from a mutual thrift to a fully stock-owned company.

OMAHA — The Nebraska Credit Union League (NCUL) said it has partnered with the National Credit Union Foundation, the U.S. credit union community's 501c (3) charitable organization, to form the Credit Union Foundation of Nebraska (CUFN).

Premier Bancshares in Omaha, Neb., has agreed to buy Farmers Bank and Trust in Nebraska City.

Pinnacle Bancorp in Central City, Neb., has agreed to buy Home State Bank in Louisville, Neb.

Dozens of insurers have sold off their banks in recent years, with just a handful choosing to remain in the business. Mutual of Omaha Bank is committed to building a traditional community banking culture with its parent company's backing.

OMAHA, Neb. — Centris FCU here, and Direct FCU, Needham, Mass., both looked within their own ranks to find their new chief executives.

Platte Valley Financial Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., is buying a bank it played a role in forming.

The American Bankers Association has formed a group to lobby on behalf of rural lenders.

NBC Bancshares LLC in Lincoln, Neb., has completed its purchase of a controlling interest in a unit of Capitol Bancorp Ltd.