WAUKEGAN, IL--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2014) - Northern States Financial Corporation (OTCQB: NSFC) today announced that its subsidiary, NorStates Bank, has been released from its Consent Order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. This termination ends a period of over 4 years in which NorStates Bank was under an Order with its regulators.