Through a partnership with the nonprofit African Development Center, St. Cloud-based Stearns Bank is earmarking $10 million for making loans to African immigrants. St. Cloud is the county seat of ...

The numbers tell the story at Stearns Bank: Nearly 70% of the bank’s employees are women, and so are 75% of its C-Suite leadership team and 86% of its board of directors. It’s no surprise then that ...

St. Cloud-based Stearns Bank bought Covenant Bank and Trust of Rock Spring, Ga., after it was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance on Friday afternoon. The Federal Deposit Insurance ...

For the third year in a row, Stearns Bank has received nationwide recognition for high performance. In June, American Banker magazine and Independent Community Bankers of America both ranked Stearns ...

The aftermath of the Great Recession resulted in the closure of more than 320 banks between 2010 and 2013 and resulted in costs of more than $33 billion, according to figures from the Federal Deposit ...

Stearns Bank buys failed banks to serve as canaries in a coal mine. In Florida, the canary's doing just fine. Stearns, a $1.3 billion-asset bank in St. Cloud, Minn., has purchased six failed banks ...

Stearns Bank in St. Cloud has bought another bank shut by regulators, assuming all the desposits and assets of Jasper Banking Co. in Jasper, Ga., on Friday. Jasper's three branches will reopen ...

TerrAscend Corp. TRSSF, a leading North American cannabis operator, announced that it has closed on a US$25 million commercial loan with Stearns Bank, noting that the proceeds from the loan will be ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 02, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prelim, a San Francisco-based fintech company specializing in omnichannel account opening and digital onboarding for financial institutions, today ...

Heather Plumski has been with Stearns Bank for over 20 years. In St. Cloud, Stearns Bank has built a national reputation. Largely, it’s that of an anomaly—for both central Minnesota and the banking ...

Stearns Bank of St. Cloud resumed its buying spree of failed banks, snatching up an Arizona community bank closed late Friday by regulators. Stearns, a $1.2 billion bank with six branches in Minnesota ...