Cedar Rapids, Iowa - (September 2025): BauerFinancial, Inc., the Nation’s Premier Bank Rating Firm, proudly acknowledges that BankIowa has earned its highest 5-Star rating for the 58th consecutive quarter. BauerFinancial reassesses the financial condition of U.S. banks every three months. This latest rating was assigned in September 2025, based on June 30, 2025 financial data. Earning another 5-Star Superior rating signifies that BankIowa continues to be one of the strongest banks in the nation. 

“Bauer rates banks based on their overall financial condition,” reports Karen Dorway, president of the rating firm, “and has been doing so for over 40 years. Bauer does not rate based on how much a bank gives back to its community, but sometimes I wish we could. The employees of community banks, like BankIowa, feel a responsibility to help their community grow and thrive,” continues Dorway. “It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge that a bank that measures its success by the success of its neighbors and friends, does so from such a solid financial foundation.”

Since its inception in 1921, BankIowa has been an enthusiastic supporter of the people and organizations in the communities it serves, which is also where its employees live, work and play. Supporting the community is what it does, and what it has done for 104 years. This community-focused bank wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Bauer is a respected, independent bank and credit union research firm. It does not get paid (nor has it ever) to rate any bank or credit union, nor can any institution avoid its rating. Bauer uses the same strict barometer to rate all banks and all credit unions and makes those ratings available to all people—for free—on its web site. Since 1983, this practice, along with an excellent track record, has earned the respect of regulators, bankers, and consumers across the country.