Banking and Finance

Iowa banks reported a total of $246.3 million in net income for the second quarter, up from $231 million a year ago, the Iowa Bankers Association said in a release. Loans grew nearly 8.6 percent …

Investment advisers will be required to report additional information to federal regulators beginning in October 2017, under rule amendments adopted today by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency announced. The amendments to several Investment Advisers Act …

A study by personal finance company NerdWallet found that Greater Des Moines is the ninth-best metropolitan area in the nation at managing credit, dealing with debt and budgeting for housing. The rankings were based on an …

Radio Iowa: Federal officeholders from Iowa and their general election challengers are raising questions about the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks established by the federal government in 1916 to help farmers. Sen. Chuck …

Iowa Student Loan announced that it recently reduced some fixed interest rates for its private student loan program, the Partnership Advance Education Loan. The reduction will keep Partnership loan fixed rates in most cases lower …

The Iowa Finance Authority board of directors recently approved more than $2.3 million in homeless assistance grants to help 32 agencies in 2017. The federal Emergency Solutions Grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of …