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Idaho First Bank will open a new branch in downtown Boise focused on commercial lending for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Idaho First, based in McCall, purchased a former Bank of the Cascades building at the corner of 12th and Idaho ...

Mountain West Bank plans to open a new financial center at The Village of Meridian. Mountain West will open an 11,500-square-foot building in December 2014 at the new development on the corner of Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue, said President ...

Since Japan lowered its corporate income tax rate to 38.01 percent in 2012, the United States has a dubious distinction among global economies: the planet’s highest corporate tax rates. With the federal tax rate hitting 35 percent and Idaho tacking ...

Investment firm Charles Schwab Corp. has expanded its downtown Boise footprint, taking over space left open by the closing of Steve Rambo Jewelry at the corner of Main and 9th streets. The firm added 1,800 square feet of space, which ...

Tax reform advocates in Congress are weighing a number of changes to reduce the amount the government spends through the tax code, including one that could shake up how businesses across the country invest in capital improvements, from upgrading a ...

New banking regulations stemming from post-recession federal banking reforms could reduce lending and cut into bank profits, say Idaho community bank presidents. Smaller banks will have to increase staff to keep up with new rules. Those employees will add to ...

Facing high insurance rates and expanding coverage gaps, businesses are forming internal insurance companies with just one client: themselves. Affordable Care Act mandates and difficulty obtaining hurricane insurance are among the factors behind the recent push toward captive insurance, in ...

A month after agreeing to merge with Banner Bank, Nampa-based Home Federal Bank is now set to merge with Bank of the Cascades, creating a combined bank with $2.4 billion assets in Oregon and Idaho. The deal with Bank of ...

Ten Idaho banks and credit unions will soon start offering classes that could help people who can’t get a checking account no longer be “unbanked.” The Bank On program, which launched in August in partnership with the United Way of ...

Zions Bank completed more Small Business Administration loans than any other bank in the SBA’s Boise District Office. The bank completed 108 loans for $15.5 million, nearly three times as many loans as any other bank and more than $6.6 ...