First Waterloo Bancshares in Waterloo, Ill., has agreed to buy Prairie Financial Bancorp in Stewardson, Ill.
The $389 million-asset First National did not disclose the financial terms of its purchase of the $55 million-asset Prairie. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter,
Prairie Financial has two branches, while First Waterloo has six branches.
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $4.5 million fine against Voxbeam Telecommunications, which it accused of facilitating fraud scams. Many of the calls spoofed phone numbers belonging to American banks.
New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
The Cincinnati bank's Newline business is now its fastest growing commercial payments segment.
United Wholesale Mortgage lost ground to RKT in one category but held onto a healthy lead in another, an analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows.
After French authorities stopped a bomb plot against a Bank of America office in Paris, security experts warned banks to step up their preparations for terror attacks.
The largest crypto theft of 2026 hit Drift Protocol after attackers exploited a small security council, putting a spotlight on DeFi vulnerabilities.
