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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Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., announced Monday that it is raising additional capital a month after an effort to raise funds from existing shareholders came up short.
March 15 -
Regulators decided on a rare Thursday seizure because a Friday evening closure would have conflicted with the Jewish Sabbath.
March 12 -
Fox Chase Bancorp Inc. in Hatboro, Pa., has become the latest converted mutual to announce a second-step conversion.
March 12 -
Regulators decided on a rare Thursday seizure because a Friday evening closure would have conflicted with the Jewish Sabbath.
March 12 -
Tower Bancorp Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa., doesn't mind taking on the problem assets of First Chester County Corp., but it wants no part of its mortgage business.
March 11 -
Brookline disclosed last week that George C. Caner Jr. had resigned from the $2.5 billion-asset company's board of directors.
March 10 -
FirstMerit Corp. of Akron, Ohio, will need sharp elbows as it expands into the city of broad shoulders.
March 10 -
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. of Lititz, Pa., announced it is raising as much as $395 million in capital and said it could use some of the money to repay the Treasury Department.
March 9 -
Like many community banking companies striving to protect capital against a rising tide of problem assets, Integra Bank Corp. in Evansville, Ind., is making some tough choices.
March 5 -
Like many community banking companies striving to protect capital against a rising tide of problem assets, Integra Bank Corp. in Evansville, Ind., is making some tough choices.
March 5 -
Wintrust Financial Corp. in Lake Forest, Ill., on Thursday announced pricing for a common stock offering expected to raise at least $183 million of fresh capital.
March 4 -
The struggling Integra Bank Corp. in Evansville, Ind., has announced its third branch-sale deal of the year.
March 4 -
Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat in a race for the Senate against five-term U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican, warned of the possible fate of his family's Broadway Bank during a Wednesday meeting with the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board, according to local media reports. Giannoulias would not comment to American Banker.
March 4 -
Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. has won another round in its battle for recapitalization, as a result of an unusual move by the Treasury Department.
March 3 -
The longtime chairman of Brookline Bancorp in Massachusetts resigned late last month after his board voted to reject a buyout offer, but he did not leave quietly.
March 2 -
Mercantile Bank Corp. in Grand Rapids has revised its fourth-quarter results to reflect a 65% increase in its provision for loan losses.
March 1 -
Sterling Banks Inc. in Mount Laurel, N.J., has given shareholders more information about a restatement for the second and third quarters of 2009.
February 26 -
With an overflowing pot of capital at his small New Century Bank, Jay S. Sidhu is ready to make some big deals.
February 25 -
PacWest Bancorp in San Diego has sold off a significant portion of its troubled loans at a steep discount in an attempt to refocus on growth.
February 24 -
Taylor Capital Group Inc. in Rosemont, Ill., announced it is selling its corporate trust business to Amalgamated Bank of Chicago.
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