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Wells Fargo to beef up mortgage division in Des Moines to cope with higher volumes

Reuters: Wells Fargo & Co. is boosting its teams that process mortgage loans to prepare for higher mortgage volumes, changing course after it laid off about 1,000 employees in the division in 2018, according to a …

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Naig to lead Des Moines, Madison offices of BKD

Jeffrey Naig, pictured, has been appointed as managing partner of BKD CPAs & Advisors’ offices in Des Moines and Madison, Wis., effective June 1, 2020. Naig is currently the industry leader of BKD’s telecommunications practice. …

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Wells Fargo opens new downtown bank branch

Wells Fargo today opened its newly relocated downtown bank branch in the complex of four buildings it owns on Walnut Street between Eighth and Ninth streets. The location has a full-service lobby, ATMs and safe …

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Lincoln Savings Bank plans multimillion-dollar expansion in Waterloo

Lincoln Savings Bank on Friday announced it has purchased the top three floors of a historic building on the Cedar Valley TechWorks campus in downtown Waterloo, with plans for a  multimillion-dollar renovation of the vacant …

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Closer Look: Chris Blunt

When Chris Blunt was 16, his family moved to Iowa and he spent several summer vacations loading trucks for a beer distributor in Waterloo. That was the extent of the Michigan native’s Iowa connection — …

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Iowa Finance Authority announces 2020 Preferred Lenders

The Iowa Finance Authority today announced that a total of 20 lenders have earned IFA’s 2020 Preferred Lender designation. IFA Preferred Lenders serve as ambassadors for Iowa home buyers seeking assistance with the homeownership process …

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Brooks Lodden merges with BerganKDV; combined firm to move to Urbandale office

West Des Moines-based accounting firm Brooks Lodden P.C. today announced it has merged with the Des Moines area office of BerganKDV, a Cedar Rapids-based regional accounting firm. As a result of the merger, which closed …

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Ron Hansen honored by bankers group

Ron Hansen of Liberty Trust & Savings Bank in Durant recently was presented the James A. Leach Leadership Award from the Iowa Bankers Association. Hansen recently completed his term as superintendent of the Iowa Division …

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Iowa Bankers Association’s new leaders

The Iowa Bankers Association recently elected officers and directors to serve on its 2019-20 board of directors. They include: Brad Lane of Security Savings Bank in Gowrie, board chairman; Aaron Kness of Iowa State Bank …

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Oct. 8: CFA Society Iowa luncheon

Host: CFA Society Iowa
About: Matt Ptak, CFA, director at BlackRock and member of the Renewable Power Group within BlackRock Real Assets, will present on “Investing in Energy’s Future.” This luncheon is open to CFA …

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