As the calendar flipped from July to August, an additional chapter in Yakima’s downtown banking tale began — with the return of a former Yakima banking government.

Idaho Falls-based Bank of Idaho accomplished its acquisition of 5 HomeStreet Financial institution places July 29, which includes the 424 E. Yakima Ave. downtown branch.

Lender of Idaho also purchased HomeStreet places in Sunnyside, Dayton, Kennewick and Spokane.

Main the shift is Financial institution of Idaho President and CEO Jeff Newgard, who formerly served in that purpose at Yakima Countrywide Financial institution.

Newgard assisted a equivalent changeover nine decades back, when Yakima Nationwide and Seattle-primarily based Fortune Lender had been obtained by HomeStreet Lender in 2013. Yakima National areas in Yakima, Selah, Sunnyside and Kennewick grew to become aspect of the HomeStreet network, also based mostly in Seattle.

Quickly-ahead to 2022, and Newgard mentioned the 5 Jap Washington HomeStreet locations are a fantastic in good shape for Bank of Idaho. The acquisition was declared in May well, and progress on changing the banking institutions to their new community went effortlessly, he mentioned.

“We could not be happier with the transition,” Newgard claimed. “Staff customers on both of those sides of this deal have been…