Wyoming

Crazy Woman Creek Bancorp in Buffalo, Wyo., has exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

ANB Bank in Denver has agreed to buy Capital West Bank in Laramie, Wyo.

Cowboy State Bank in Ranchester, Wyo., has been freed from a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Board.

New research from American Banker reveals that bank technology spending is starting to increase, a sign of health for industry.

The Fed had reached the agreements in 2010 with America's Community Bank in Blue Springs, Mo., and First Capital West Bankshares in Laramie, Wyo.

The proposal made to require all banks located within the U.S. to report interest payments to nonresident alien depositors would be detrimental to economic growth in local communities and expose those nonresident depositors to possible criminal activity aided by unstable and corrupt foreign governments.

Credit unions in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming have voted to combine their three state credit union leagues, the latest consolidation of state trade associations.

A new group formed to buy failing banks plans to use its recent deal for tiny, well-capitalized Palisades National Bank as a springboard for further acquisitions.