Robert Barba is the technology editor of American Banker. Robert previously served as deputy editor of American Banker's dealmaking and strategy section. He joined American Banker in late 2007 as a community banking reporter, just in time for the financial crisis. Robert played a lead role in covering community banks' struggle for survival in the years following the downturn. Robert has appeared on Fox Business to discuss bank failures and the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program. Prior to joining American Banker, Robert was a general business reporter at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Stuart, Fla. He began his career as a business desk intern at The Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera. Robert is based in New York.
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Iberiabank Corp. is on track to buy two Louisiana banks, ending the Layfayette company's seven-year lull of deal making in the state.
March 11 -
Iberiabank Corp. is on track to buy two Louisiana banks, ending the Layfayette company's seven-year lull of deal making in the state.
March 11 -
Illinois regulators are swinging their hammers again, but this time, their targets are better equipped to take the blow.
March 10 -
Despite rising credit costs, Roma Financial Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings, $100,000 a year earlier, rose to $1.2 million.
March 8 -
Once an aspiring acquirer, Florida Bank Group Inc. in Tampa is now under a Federal Reserve enforcement action.
March 8 -
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. is selling its 51% stake in Bank of Las Colinas, which would mark its exit from Texas.
March 7 -
While states like Washington and Oregon have had their share of failures, there have been several deals to save larger struggling banks there, too. Add Cascade Financial Corp. in Everett, Wash., to that pile.
March 7 -
Opus Bank in Irvine, which raised $460 million of equity late last year, said it would acquire the $1.5 billion-asset Cascade Financial in Everett, Wash., for $21.75 million in cash.
March 4 -
Opus Bank in Irvine, which raised $460 million of equity late last year, said it would acquire the $1.5 billion-asset Cascade Financial in Everett, Wash., for $21.75 million in cash.
March 4 -
Patriot National announced that it is selling the majority of its nonperforming assets at a discount as it tries to right-size itself and move on from its problems.
March 4 -
Patriot National announced that it is selling the majority of its nonperforming assets at a discount as it tries to right-size itself and move on from its problems.
March 4 -
For the last year, Flagstar's been talking about diversifying its mortgage-heavy portfolio with commercial credits. With credit problems now waning, that push is moving forward.
March 3 -
Iberiabank Corp. in Lafayette, La., said Wednesday it has recruited Robert Kottler to become director of retail and small business.
March 2 -
The Fed reached a written agreement on Feb. 18 with the $1.4 billion-asset company that gives it 60 days to maintain adequate capital on a consolidated basis.
March 2 -
Republic Bancorp Inc. has accused the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of multiple abuses of its authority, escalating an ongoing battle over refund-anticipation loans.
March 1 -
The Bancorp Inc. in Wilmington, Del., said Monday that it is trying to increase its equity by $50 million.
February 28 -
Regulators have ordered Sunwest Bank in Tustin, Calif., to improve its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.
February 28 -
Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Mich., on Monday announced several additions to its executive team.
February 28 -
Iberiabank Corp.'s agreement to buy the much smaller Omni Bancshares in Metairie, La., would the Lafayette, La., bank's first deal in Louisiana in seven years and its first unassisted bank purchase since 2007.
February 24 -
The $172 million-asset Pacific Valley Bank in Salinas said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the California Department of Financial Institutions ended the order in mid-January.
February 23
