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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Capitol Bancorp Ltd. has spent years expanding into growth markets to offset the sputtering Michigan economy. But now Capitol, sputtering itself, is practically dumping its home state.
July 23 -
Though its Florida bank unit continued to struggle, Park National in Newark, Ohio, earned $19.9M in the second quarter, a 9.2% increase from a year earlier.
July 22 -
As it prepares to report an anomalous quarterly loss, West Bancorp. Inc. in West Des Moines is searching for a new chief executive officer.
July 22 -
S&T Bancorp Inc. in Indiana, Pa., said Monday that it swung to a $10.2 million loss in the second quarter, from a $13.9 million profit a year earlier, mostly because chargeoffs spiked to $34.6 million, or 3.91% of average loans.
July 21 -
More banking companies are warning they might not survive.
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