Jackie Stewart is the executive editor of American Banker Magazine. Previously, she covered breaking news, community banks and mergers and acquisitions for American Banker before being named as the managing editor of the Credit Union Journal. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2006, Jackie taught for two years in the Bronx, N.Y., through Teach for America.
Recent hurricanes and wildfires still raging in California are fresh reminders to bankers of the importance of emergency preparedness plans.
The Tupelo, Miss., company has recouped its “satisfactory” community reinvestment rating, removing a regulatory obstacle to two pending acquisitions.
Millennials care about more than money. So it's important for recruiting efforts to show what bankers do for their communities.
Business First will raise $66 million through a stock placement to help fund the deal.
Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models.
The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio.
The Ohio company's CRA rating took a hit after it inadvertently overcharged some customers.
The Louisiana company also set aside funds to cover efforts to settle litigation tied to its mortgage business.
George Sutton, now an attorney in Salt Lake City, will sit on several Glacier Bancorp committees, including audit and compliance.
The merger will create a bank with 13 branches and roughly $950 million in assets.