
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 Georgia bank will pay $124 million for Four Oaks Fincorp, buying a bank with a large operation in Raleigh, N.C.
Meridian had been looking to expand in certain Boston suburbs before agreeing to buy Meetinghouse Bancorp for $17.8 million.
The company will also gain its first branches in New Mexico after it buys Peoples Inc.
David Provost will succeed David Ramaker as the Michigan company's CEO. Provost ran Talmer Bancorp, which Chemical bought last year.
Beacon Community Bank seeks to become the first new bank in South Carolina in roughly a decade.
Pinnacle Financial Partners closed in on $20 billion in assets by buying BNC. It now has to integrate the North Carolina bank, while finding ways to boost profit and adapt to increased regulatory burden.
Adding Community 1st Bank would help it expand in northern California.
AloStar was formed in 2011 by an investor group that bought the failed Nexity Bank in Birmingham, Ala.
The Indiana company will pay $92 million for Wolverine Bancorp
The company will pay about $219 million for Diboll State Bancshares.