The Mountlake Terrace-based holding company of 1st Security Bank of Washington plans to merge with the West Linn, Oregon-based holding company of Pacific West Bank in a deal valued at about $34.6 ...

The bank’s $34.6 million merger with Oregon-based Pacific West, set to close in the third quarter, will create a lender with 31 locations and $3.6 billion in assets.

Washington can’t fix everything, but it does control federal red tape that can slow housing projects. The Housing for the 21st Century Act aims to cut through that by: Supporting community and rural ...

Personal loans are a form of installment credit that must be paid back in regular increments over a set period of time. Many people use personal loans as an affordable alternative to credit cards ...

Spring is just about here, and that’s the prime home-buying season, said Steve Tagnolli, vice president of home loans at Gesa ...

The bank’s application processes and the way documents are verified leave it vulnerable. The sector must lift its game to protect the integrity of the market.

Commonwealth Bank has reported itself to police over $1 billion worth of possible mortgage fraud, claiming there’s been a ...

FS Bancorp in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., announced its first whole-bank acquisition since 2019 on Thursday. Key insight: The deal for the four-branch Pacific West ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / February 26, 2026 / Grasshopper , the client-first, full-service digital bank, today ...

While much of the public conversation centers on uncertainty and challenge, our view is far more encouraging. We do not see a ...

The status of Diego Garcia — an island in the Indian Ocean’s Chagos Archipelago that is home to a joint U.S.-U.K. military base — is roiling Washington-London ties as the Trump administration mulls ...