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Diane Arnold, who will succeed the retiring Gregory Shook in July, has been with the bank since 2002. She is currently the chief lending officer.

The bank agreed to acquire A Mortgage Boutique, which operates in six states.

The Mississippi bank will pay $108 million for the parent of FNB Bank, which has branches in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.

The Small Business Administration will allow lenders with less than $1 billion of assets to process applications in two days. The portal will open to all lenders on Tuesday.

Driver Management will try for a second straight year to gain a board seat at First United.

Organizers of First Bank of Central Ohio will need to raise $20 million before it opens.

Bankers have several unanswered questions about the Paycheck Protection Program before it reopens to select lenders on Monday. Among them: When will forms be available, and which portal will the Small Business Administration use?

Community banks will have access to allocated funds and at least two days of exclusive portal access when the Small Business Administration relaunches the Paycheck Protection Program.

The company, which reported a large third-quarter loss in October, plans to sell or shutter a quarter of its locations.

The California company, which focuses on technology companies and entrepreneurs, will make a big push into wealth management as part of the proposed acquisition.

Triad Business Bank opened in North Carolina shortly before the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program, which brought in many clients. CEO Ramsey Hamadi, one of our community bankers to watch in 2021, will have to work hard to retain them after their loans are forgiven.

Organizers of the proposed Legacy Bank must raise $25 million before opening.

One engineered a big M&A deal, another struggled with his bank's credit issues and another abruptly resigned. Here are their stories and more.

The company will pay $20 million in cash for a bank with two branches and $58 million of loans.

At least two items on the industry's Paycheck Protection Program wish list were delivered: provisions allowing many existing borrowers to obtain new funding and streamlined forgiveness for loans of $150,000 or less.

The company adds to a growing list of banks shutting branches to invest in technology offerings.

Bansley & Kiener, without admitting wrongdoing, agreed to pay $2.5 million to address allegations that lax oversight contributed to the 2017 collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

The company agreed will pay nearly $10 million for Sunset parent Waukesha Bankshares.

The Independent Community Bankers of America had planned to hold its annual conference in Hawaii before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Waterfall Bank, which has ties to an investment group that handles affairs for family offices, would be based in the Tampa Bay area.