Chris Cumming | May 14
Iberiabank Corp. in Lafayette, La., has named a new chief credit officer.
Christopher Cole | May 14
The bill would replace the misleading risk-based capital system with a straightforward way to determine the true health of an institution, in addition to providing incentives for the largest banks to downsize.
Brian Browdie | May 14
Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., said Tuesday it has formed a unit within its commercial banking division that will lend money to physicians, dentists, veterinarians and ophthalmologists for practice deals, equipment financing and other capital needs.
Chris Cumming | May 14
Quarterly profit at Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., rose 60% thanks to cost cuts and improvements in asset quality.
Robert Barba | May 13
A court deadline this week and the failure of two of Capitol's banks last week have added to the Lansing, Mich., company's increasingly tense bankruptcy.
Rachel Witkowski | May 13
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's push to encourage private lenders to refinance student loan debt is raising questions about whether the agency is focusing on the right target.
Andy Peters | May 13
First Merchants in Muncie, Ind., was looking to get closer — but not too close — to the Chicago market when it agreed to buy CFS Bancorp of Munster, Ind.
Harvard Winters | May 13
Bank M&A “rainmakers” have been trying to make it rain for years. Most have little to show for it. Buy-side advisers that have made it rain often end up with disappointed clients.
Chris Cumming | May 13
Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has appointed Mark Semanie as its chief operating officer to help manage its recent growth.
Brian Browdie | May 13
The U.S. government has charged an Illinois man with overstating by hundreds of thousands of dollars the value of collateral he used to secure loans from a bank that received funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Jackie Stewart | May 13
The Chicago-area company has started financing employee stock-ownership plans as a way to eke more business out of commercial clients.
Brian Browdie | May 13
A combination of low yields and loosening terms may be setting banks up for trouble in the event of an economic downturn, one of the nation's top credit ratings agencies said Monday.
Neil Weinberg | May 13
Bankers truly face a Catch-22 in the lending business these days, thanks to "qualified mortgage" and disparate impact laws.
Chris Cumming | May 13
Hudson Valley Holding Corp. in Yonkers, N.Y. , has named Michael Indiveri its chief financial officer.
Brian Browdie | May 13
First Merchants is buying CFS Bancorp in a deal that would create a $5.6 billion-asset Indiana bank.
