HBT Financial has completed its merger with CNB Bank Shares, making CNB a wholly owned subsidiary before it was merged into HBT Financial. CNB’s bank unit, CNB Bank and Trust, also merged into Heartland Bank and Trust, which will continue as the surviving bank, expanding HBT’s footprint in central Illinois as well as the Chicago and St. Louis metro areas, the company said.
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