Paul Davis

Bankers in the East Coast hurricane's path — and everyone else — can learn from those who have survived natural disasters.

Organizers of Dogwood State Bank are looking to raise $75 million in hopes of opening by mid-2019.

The Ohio regional will start offering advisory services to professional athletes after it buys Franklin Street Partners.

SWNB Bancorp was unable to secure enough votes to back its proposed sale to Hanmi Financial.

The decision to adopt the name Axos Bank seems to put more distance between the company and its internet roots.

Lakeland will expand its operations in three counties in its home state of New Jersey with the $57 million acquisition.

The company will enter the Iowa cities of Des Moines and Dubuque as part of the $170 million acquisition.

The Illinois company will become one of the area's top 10 banks after buying Bank of Edwardsville.

Farmers & Merchants will pay $89 million for the parent of Bank of Geneva.

Jacobs Asset Management, which expressed frustration over a slow turnaround at MidSouth, said it could launch a proxy battle at next year's annual meeting.

Organizers of Piermont Bank said in their application with the FDIC that they want to raise $100 million and eventually operate in several urban coastal communities.

Guaranty Bancorp could have had a different owner if not for a suitor’s ill-timed stock hiccup that gave a rival the upper hand.

The transaction was set up to give Mercantil more autonomy to expand in South Florida, Houston and New York.

Customers Bancorp said Flagship Community Bank has temporarily withdrawn its application with the FDIC to acquire the digital bank.

The Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

The proposed Piermont Bank would be based in Midtown Manhattan. It is the second de novo being planned in New York.

The Delaware company plans to reinvest savings from the $1.5 billion acquisition to upgrade technology and delivery channels.

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.

Tekalign Gedamu, who would chair Marathon International Bank, says that Zekarias Tamrat is bad-mouthing the de novo effort following his dismissal and a subsequent payment disagreement. Tamrat was slated to be the bank's president.

Zekarias Tamrat blamed the proposed Marathon International Bank's chairman and directors for delays in getting its application approved.