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Applications for small business and commercial real estate loans are rising, creating some optimism among lenders — and more temptation to loosen standards to land those borrowers.
May 13 -
Lenders including Howard Bancorp and First Carolina Bank are shunning acquisitions as a route into new markets, to avoid overpaying for targets and inheriting potential loan problems.
May 5 -
The company had delayed a vote set for late April to give it more time to collect the legally required support from two-thirds of its outstanding shares.
May 4 -
The company, which has faced opposition from a big investor, had to reschedule its shareholder vote after it was unable to secure the legally required two-thirds backing of outstanding shares at an April 27 meeting.
May 3 -
Kerry Killinger, former CEO of Washington Mutual, says the asset bubbles and increased consumer debt that contributed to his company's failure are reappearing.
April 30 -
At first the deal seemed an unlikely marriage of two mortgage-heavy companies. But acquiring the Michigan company would help New York Community accomplish its two chief goals — reducing deposit costs and its concentration of multifamily loans — while giving it the scale to pursue more deals.
April 26 -
The company promoted Bob Fehlman to become its president and hired Jay Brogdon from Stephens Inc. to succeed Fehlman as chief financial officer.
April 22 -
Clarity on credit quality has bankers ready to strike deals after a lengthy pause. A steady rise in stock prices has also given potential buyers the financial wherewithal to pursue acquisitions.
April 21 -
BofA is awash in liquidity, but an uptick in credit card applications and heightened interest from commercial borrowers have executives hopeful that loan demand will soon rebound.
April 15 -
The Iowa company, which operates a dozen individually branded banks, now has a name that matches its stock symbol.
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