Availa, a Carroll, Iowa-based bank, announced on March 29 it was purchasing three First American offices — in Ames, Ankeny and Sioux City — and the past 98 days or so have been spent merging their ...

First American Bank, a $2.8 billion-asset bank headquartered in Elk Grove Village, plans to buy Chicago-based PNA Bank, which has two area branches and $122 million in assets. First American ...

Purchasing Continental National, by far the biggest deal in First American's 45-year history, substantially expands the Elk Grove Village-based bank's presence in South Florida.