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HomeTrust to Buy BankGreenville in South Carolina

Chris Cumming | May 06
HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., has agreed to buy BankGreenville Financial in South Carolina.
Community Banking
Mergers & Acquisitions

N.Y. AG to Announce Monday Housing Enforcement Vs. Banks

May 05
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Community Banking
Regulation & Reform

CoBank's 1Q Profit Falls on Lower Yields, Higher Loan Losses

Chris Cumming | May 03
CoBank in Denver reported a decrease in quarterly profit as loan yields fell and provision for loan losses increased.
Community Banking

Consumer Groups Help Banks Score Victory on Remittance Rule

Kate Berry | May 03
Experts say the CFPB backed away from stiffer requirements after two powerful consumer groups raised fears that they would drive small banks and credit unions out of the remittance business.
Comments (2)
Regulation & Reform
Community Banking

How One Midsize Bank Combats the Risk of Easy Money

May 03
The longer yields stay low, "the bigger the problem becomes for banks," UMB CEO Mariner Kemper says. A low cost of funds helps UMB resist temptations presented by cutthroat competition and looser loan terms, Kemper adds.

Related: UMB Turns 100, But Fees Keep It Spry

Mergers & Acquisitions
Community Banking

Commerce Bank CEO to Lead Texas Bankers Association

Chris Cumming | May 03
The Texas Bankers Association has selected Ignacio Urrabazo, the chief executive of Commerce Bank in Laredo, to become its new chairman.
Regulation & Reform
Community Banking

Student Loans Become Tempting to Smaller Banks

Jackie Stewart | May 03
Community banks that expanded student lending to improve earnings are discovering why their larger brethren have backed off from the business: servicing and compliance challenges abound.
Consumer Finance
Community Banking

Second-Lien Machine Adds Power to Leveraged Lending

Matthew Sheahan | May 03
More lenders are willing to make second-lien loans because of hot demand and greater yield, even as regulators warn against risks in the leveraged-lending market.
Comments (1)
Consumer Finance
Community Banking

Should Small Banks Fret Over Cyber Threats?

May 03
Big banks and regionals have been pounded by denial of service attacks but small banks less so. Bank Technology News staffers discuss what community bankers should do to prepare for the risk that cyber-criminals will target them next.
Community Banking
Risk Management

Consumer Lending Provides Lift to Latest Index of Banking Activity

Paul Davis | May 03
The banking industry's pace of expansion accelerated in March after bankers reported more activity in auto lending and mortgages.
Consumer Finance
Community Banking

Banks Need Branches to Hold Off Competitors

Michael Nuciforo | May 03
Instead of downsizing, banks should reposition big branch networks to protect their ground from nonbanks and tech companies trying to infiltrate the financial services space.
Comments (7)
Community Banking
Technology

Flagstar Settles Mortgage Suit for $110M

Chris Cumming | May 03
Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., will pay $110 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the quality of more than $1 billion of private label mortgage-backed securities it sold to investors.
Community Banking
Consumer Finance

First Community in Virginia Boosted by Deals

Brian Browdie | May 03
Two deals lifted First Community Bancshares in Bluefield, Va., in the first quarter.
Community Banking
Mergers & Acquisitions

Center Bancorp in N.J. Discloses CFO Resignation

Chris Cumming | May 02
The $1.6 billion-asset company said Thursday that Vincent Tozzi will also resign on May 31 as treasurer to pursue another opportunity.
Community Banking

Stifel's David Bishop Joins Smaller Rival

Jackie Stewart | May 02
New York investment bank MLV, expecting lots of bank M&A activity in the Southeast and Southwest, has hired an expert on those regions, David Bishop from Stifel Nicolaus, to start a research unit.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Community Banking

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