Ken McCarthy

The Bay Area is a booming market with a limited number of smaller banks. The high premium Presidio is receiving from Heritage Commerce might spark more M&A activity.

The Illinois bank is buying a bank formed in the 1970s to serve Cuban-Americans.

The moves are part of a plan CEO Rajinder Singh discussed in a conversation with American Banker.

Meridian Corp. may have breached sales agreements after originating nearly $100 million in loans in a state where it lacked a license.

The Nashville, Tenn., company hired Tim Schools from Highlands Bancshares to succeed founding CEO Claire Tucker.

The new capital will allow the Austin bank to increase its lending limit.

Intense competition for information technology pros is forcing community banks to recruit from outside the financial industry.

The city, among the Midwest's most vibrant C&I markets, is luring community banks, as well as giants like PNC and JPMorgan Chase.

The company said it could use proceeds from selling common and preferred stock to increase lending and add branches.

The Mile High City has been disrupted by a number of big bank mergers, which could increase competitive pressures on CUs across the state.

The Mile High City has been disrupted by a number of big M&A deals, providing an opening for other banks to benefit.

The California company was issued a consent order after it failed to meet the conditions of a January 2018 informal agreement.

Tandem Bank has approval from the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance as its aims to become the state's first new bank since the financial crisis.

MidFlorida Credit Union has agreed to buy the $730 million-asset Community Bank & Trust of Florida in Ocala.

Shelley Seifert had been the bank's chief operating officer.

Rising premiums and lengthy earn-back periods have made investors more skeptical than ever about M&A. So the sooner banks are able to convert systems and rebrand, the sooner they'll be able to meet the promised cost-cutting and revenue targets.

The Boston company gained the mortgage platform when it bought First Choice in 2017.

The Houston company has already converted the systems and brand from January's acquisition, allowing it to focus more on bringing in business.

The Indiana credit union agreed to pay $21.3 million in cash for New Bancorp, which was created when its savings bank converted to a stock-owned company in 2015.

The Oklahoma company will pay $122 million for a bank with three branches in Dallas.