
Paul Davis
Founder, Bank SlatePaul Davis is the founder of Bank Slate, a financial strategy and research firm. He previously led community bank coverage at American Banker.

Paul Davis is the founder of Bank Slate, a financial strategy and research firm. He previously led community bank coverage at American Banker.
The company will pay $93 million for Kinderhook Bank, which has a concentration of branches around Albany.
The company will top $1 billion in assets after it buys the parent of F&M Bank in Tomah, Wis.
Greenwoods Financial will have $270 million in assets when it buys Fox River Financial.
John Milleson, who has led the company for 20 years, will retire after his successor is in place.
The North Carolina regional closed dozens of branches and cut jobs across the company, directing a chunk of the savings to digital banking initiatives.
The parent of Bell Bank said that the pending sale of Discovery Benefits is not a prelude to selling its bank.
The Montana company will more than double its assets in Utah when it buys FNB Bancorp.
The Iowa company will pay $94 million for a bank with five branches and $727 million in loans.
The company recently agreed to be sold to SmartFinancial in Knoxville, Tenn.
Bob Jones will retire in early May. He will be succeeded by Jim Ryan, the Indiana company's chief financial officer.
The U.S. unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial has agreed to buy a platform from GE Capital.
The Tennessee company will have $4 billion in assets and 47 branches in six states when it buys Entegra Financial.
Heartland said the sales will allow it to focus on other operations.
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The North Carolina company agreed to pay $38 million in cash for First South Bancorp.
Silver River Community Bank is the fifth de novo in Florida to apply with the FDIC in the last three years.
The $128 million acquisition will provide First Financial with its first branches in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Organizers are planning to raise up to $25 million for Tandem Bank.
Bob Mahoney, CEO of Belmont Savings, called Jack Barnes after People's United agreed to buy a Connecticut bank. The banks announced their own merger agreement five months later.