John Reosti is a reporter covering community banks in particular and the financial services industry in general. He also focuses on the Small Business Administration, the National Credit Union Administration Board and issues connected to the CECL accounting standard.
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Prosperity has built itself into one of Texas' largest banks over the past decade and now it's beginning to reap the benefits that come with scale.
By John ReostiOctober 23 -
Auto-lending profits helped make the quarter for Huntington Bancshares and TCF Financial, but their CEOs ended up on the hot seat, as they reported results a day after the U.S. comptroller of the currency issued another warning about declining credit quality in the market.
By Kristin Broughton and John ReostiOctober 22 -
Huntington Bancshares wasn't about to let a little thing like a $38.2 million addition to its litigation reserve stand in the way of progress.
By John ReostiOctober 22 -
Community & Southern Holdings in Atlanta used private equity to buy 14 banks over six years. The time had come to become a seller and give those investors an opportunity to eventually cash out.
By John ReostiOctober 21 -
The agency's staff is already working on a new regulation that would easing access to capital, an issue that makes bankers very nervous.
By John ReostiOctober 16 -
NCUA staff is already working on a new regulation that would easing access to capital, something many CUs have suggested should have happened before or at least the same time as RBC was established.
By John ReostiOctober 16 -
After five years of stop-and-go study, three drafts and a hotly contested debate that failed to resolve the fundamental question of whether it possesses the authority to act, the three-member National Credit Union Administration Board of Directors passed a controversial risk-based capital plan in a split vote Thursday.
By John ReostiOctober 15 -
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling slammed NCUAs decision to move forward with a final rule, even as Congress is considering a bill that specifically would delay any action on RBC, deeply troubling.
By John ReostiOctober 14 -
Forget the San Francisco bank's pedestrian bottom line this quarter the real things to focus on are its revenue growth and the reasons behind it.
By John ReostiOctober 14 -
It has been more than a year since Monterey Credit Union submitted paperwork to become a state-chartered bank. Have regulators "raised the price of admission" by insisting on healthier metrics from credit unions?
By John ReostiOctober 14 -
It has been more than a year since Monterey CU submitted paperwork to become a state-chartered bank. So what's the holdup?
By John ReostiOctober 14 -
Security Bancorp prefers the local feel of having six banks in western Tennessee, even if it leads to more regulatory burden.
By John ReostiOctober 9 -
The Small Business Investment Company program may be less famous among banks than some of the SBA's other programs, but it enjoyed a record in fiscal 2015 that wrapped up this week. Stories like that of Opus Bank in California shed light on why.
By John ReostiOctober 1 -
Cardinal Financial made a big push into wealth management a decade ago. Today, it remains an inconsistent business, though management is optimistic about the future.
By John ReostiSeptember 25 -
Two banks with labor ties Amalgamated Bank of Chicago and United Business Bank in Oakland are beginning to aggressively court commercial clients.
By John ReostiSeptember 18 -
Now 77% of federally insured institutions fall under new definition.
By John ReostiSeptember 17 -
Chan Patel and Nitin Shah view the hospitality industry not geography as their banks' communities.
By John ReostiSeptember 15 -
Banks are going to keep cranking out loans at a brisk pace for the foreseeable future, according to the heads of three Chicago-area banks. That could spell trouble if the competition leads to reckless credit decisions.
By Kristin Broughton and John ReostiSeptember 9 -
The credit union regulator received nearly 3,100 comment letters tied to plans to loosen restrictions on business lending, with a vast majority opposing any changes.
By John ReostiSeptember 4 -
The credit union's regulator received nearly 3,100 comment letters tied to plans to loosen restrictions on business lending, and despite the proposal's popularity among credit unions, the majority of letters opposed the changes.
By John ReostiSeptember 4






