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Atwater, Minn.-based Harvest Bank hired Josh Laffen as a senior commercial loan officer. He will be based in the bank’s Waverly location.

Laffen brings more than 16 years of finance and banking experience to the role, including deep background Small Business Administration lending.

He studied business management and finance at Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, ...

Banks in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Springdale, Ark. boosted their contributions with a 5-to-1 match from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas’ Partnership Grant Program.

Little Rock-based Encore Bank and Southern Bancorp Bank contributed to Mamas Unidas LR, an organization that helps families in Central Arkansas navigate the path to postsecondary ed...

Community Bank & Trust of Neosho, MO, presented a $40,000 grant to the City of Carl Junction for an expansion of the city’s community center.

The bank’s donation was boosted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines’ Member Impact Fund, which matches contributions from member banks 3-to-1.

Community Bank & Trust was one of 174 banks to receive the matc...

Lisa Keirns has been promoted to vice president of mortgage banking at STAR Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Recognized as a top-producing loan originator at STAR, Keirns will now oversee the mortgage-origination team and the overall financial performance of the mortgage department.

With more than 20 years of banking experience, the last nine of which were spent ...

In his first Jackson Hole address as Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh noted resilience in the U.S. economy while reinforcing the central bank’s resolve to remain focused on reducing inflation.

Describing overall economic output as solid and the labor market as stable with a low unemployment rate, Warsh also noted that underlying inflation trends have not sufficient...