General Info

For more 80 years, BankIowa has provided its customers financial products and services while remaining an independent and locally-owned institution. Originally called Farmers State Savings Bank, the company was incorporated in Independence, Iowa, in February 1921. The bank maintained steady growth in the years that followed and by 1991 had offices in Independence, Jesup, Iowa, and Lamont, Iowa, and was the largest financial institution in Buchanan County. It later added Iowa branches in Waterloo and Cedar Falls and in Benton and Linn counties. In June 1998, Farmers State Savings Bank changed its name to BankIowa. It has nine facilities in seven Iowa communities.