Spokane-based agricultural cooperative Northwest Farm Credit Services says it had first-quarter earnings of $54.2 million, up 13 percent from $48 million in the first quarter of 2013, and its total capital increased 2.3 percent, to $1.8 billion as of Marc

The boards of Spokane Valley-based Horizon Credit Union and Butte, Mont.-based EDTECH Federal Credit Union have voted unanimously to merge. Jeff Adams, CEO of Horizon, says that the votes came through last month, and the merger documents will be filed l

Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp., the parent company of Umpqua Bank, reported net income of $18.8 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 31, down from $23.4 million, or 21 cents a diluted share, in the year-earlier qua

By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called 'Flash Boys.” The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th

McAdams Wright Ragen Inc., a prominent Seattle-based financial services company that opened a branch office in Spokane two years ago, says it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Baird, an international employee-owned conglomerate with more tha

SNAP Financial Access has launched a Women's Business Center here that's intended to be a resource for female business owners or women who want to start a business, says Laurie Roth, manager of the center. The center opened earlier this month in the