State Coverage: Colorado
CoBank in Denver Completes Merger with Kansas Ag Bank
American Banker | Jan 03CoBank in Denver has completed its merger with U.S. AgBank in Wichita, Kan., creating an $85 billion cooperative bank in the Farm Credit System.
Colorado Opposed Failure of Community Bank in Rare Dispute with Federal Regulators
Robert Barba contributed to this article | Oct 24Fred Joseph, Colorado's banking commissioner, said Community Banks of Colorado should have been able to sell its branches in a bid for more time to resolve its problems. But the FDIC and the Fed overruled him and then failed the bank.
NBH Holdings Beefs Up in Colorado with Branch Acquisition
American Banker | Aug 08NBH Holdings Corp. is following up its recent failed bank acquisition in Colorado with a branch deal and name change.
NBH Holdings Sees Future in Rockies as a Consolidator
American Banker | Jul 26After striking two deals around Kansas City, Mo., last year, the Boston banking company has moved on to Colorado, buying Bank of Choice on Friday in a deal with the FDIC.
Collapses in Florida and Colorado Bring Failure Total to 58
American Banker | Jul 22Two failed banks in Florida went to one acquirer Friday, and regulators also shut a $1 billion-asset bank in Colorado, as the year's failure total reached 58.
Controversial Amortization Bill Returns for a Second Debate
Bankers love the plan but regulators can't stand it
American Banker | Jul 18A trio of Colorado congressmen Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton are sponsoring the Capital Access for Main Street Act.
Bellco CU to Enter Denver Market
American Banker | Apr 12State regulators last Friday approved a request by Bellco Credit Union in Greenwood Village, Colo., to expand in order to serve all 610,000 residents of Denver County.
Three Credit Unions Unveil Rare Merger
American Banker | Mar 25Credit unions in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming have voted to combine their three state credit union leagues, the latest consolidation of state trade associations.
United Western: We Disavow 4Q Report
American Banker | Feb 23United Western Bancorp, a holding company in Denver that is suing regulators to regain control of its failed thrift, has denied filing a quarterly report with the OTS.
CoBiz Records Hefty 4Q DTA Charge
American Banker | Feb 15CoBiz Financial Inc. of Denver said late Monday that it would record a $15.6 million valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.
Colorado Bank Told to Raise Funds
American Banker | Feb 11The Federal Reserve has given Community Banks of Colorado 90 days to return to adequately capitalized status or sell itself.
Fed Takes Action Against BankVest
American Banker | Feb 10The Federal Reserve Board said it has reached a written agreement with BankVest Inc. of Castle Rock, Colo.
Did United Western Failure Say as Much About OTS as the Thrift?
American Banker | Jan 24With regulators catching flak for taking too long to close "zombie" institutions, the failure of United Western Bank seemed atypically quick.
United Western Leads List of Four Failures, Raising 2011 Total to Seven
American Banker | Jan 21Regulators also closed banks in the Carolinas and Georgia in a busy night that also saw a shelf charter and a deposit insurance national bank utilized.
United Western Gets Extension on Loan
American Banker | Jan 17United Western Bancorp said in a Jan. 12 filing with the SEC that it had entered into its sixth forbearance agreement on a $16.25M line of credit with JPMorgan Chase.
More Colorado News
- MBS Writedowns Hit Denver Thrift
- United Western Hears from Nasdaq
- United Western's Results Delayed
- After Lull, High-Visibility Sponsorships Come Back
- United Western to Raise $103 Million
- Fed Acts Against Three Banks
- United Western Gets More Time
- OTS Nixes Request by United Western
- Colorado Bank Makes Acquisition
- United Western's Capital Plans Questioned
- United Western Faces New Order
- Solera Enters Mortgage Market
- United Western, Seeking Capital, in Deal — as Buyer
- All Is Not Quiet on the United Western Front
- Executive Changes





















