Heartland Financial USA, Inc., announced the appointment of Chrisanna Elser, CFP®, to Director of Financial Planning. She will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of customized financial planning services for clients and prospects throughout Heartland’s 10-state footprint.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) today reported net income available to common stockholders of $15.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared to $6.7 million, or $0.36 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2014. Return on average common equity was 13.58% and return on average assets was 0.97% for the first quarter of 2015, compared to 7.41% and 0.47%, respectively, for the same quarter in 2014.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), announced that its board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the company's common stock payable on June 5, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 22, 2015. At March 31, 2015, there were 20,585,072 common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF) today reported net income available to common stockholders of $12.1 million, or $0.64 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, compared to $7.7 million, or $0.42 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2013. Return on average common equity was 11.77% and return on average assets was 0.80% for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to 8.79% and 0.55%, respectively, for the same quarter in 2013.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), announced that its board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the company's common stock payable on March 6, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 20, 2015. At December 31, 2014, there were 18,511,125 common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.