Idaho Business Review IBR

Glacier Bancorp Inc., with headquarters in Kalispell, Mont., reported Monday it has completed its sale of about 10.3 million shares at $14.75 a share. The bank holding company said it expects the offering to bring in about $145.6 million, which ...

A federal judge has agreed to declare Tamarack Resort bankrupt, clearing the way for a trustee to begin liquidating the failed ski resort’s assets to pay back creditors. In a ruling filed Wednesday, U.S. District Bankruptcy Judge Terry Meyers agreed ...

Workers with Construction Installation Maintenance Group, Anaheim, Calif., installed an envelope-free automated teller machine in the Wells Fargo Center, 877 W. Main St., Boise, as part of a shift in paperless banking. The bank is eliminating paper envelopes from its ...

As lending requirements stay relatively tight for most consumers, the chance of borrowing outside the banking system from family or friends can be attractive. After all, it’s rare to see a parent or sibling demand a credit check or other ...

Kount, a Boise-based company that specializes in card-not-present fraud prevention, has signed with Chase Paymentech, of Dallas, Texas to launch fraud solution that would eventually reduce merchant costs and the risk associated with card-not-present purchases. Chase Paymentech, a leading merchant ...

Idaho Bancorp and subsidiary Idaho Banking Co. on March 10 announced that they entered a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Idaho Department of Finance. The agreement establishes joint procedures and actions designed to ...

HB Ventures, a year-old Boise business that buys other businesses and turns them around, sees the tough economy from all sides. The HB Ventures portfolio comprises two acquired Huntington Learning Centers locations in Boise, one in Eagle, and one in ...

Laska Co. brokerage adds consulting unit Business brokerage Laska Co., Boise, has added staff and expanded services to include business consulting. Company President Bill Laska recently hired consulting veteran Clark Hvyonen to focus solely on business consulting. “Our goal is ...

The federal government has tried to stimulate the economy through a number of programs and the infusion of billions of dollars into grants. The hope is that small businesses will take advantage of these grants and begin to use the ...

Zions Bancorporation has been recognized by financial services consulting and research company Greenwich Associates as one of the nation’s top banks in nine national and two regional categories in middle market banking. The survey is conducted annually with nearly 13,000 businesses ...