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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Regulators are hitting banks with fewer enforcement actions, but don't assume that means the industry's getting healthier. The decline could merely reflect a shrinking pool of candidates for regulators to flag for errant behavior, some industry observers say.
July 5 -
The Bank of Kentucky Corp. in Crestview Hills announced Friday a deal to acquire the operations of United Kentucky Bank of Pendleton County Inc.
July 1 -
The Bank of Kentucky Corp. in Crestview Hills announced Friday a deal to acquire the operations of United Kentucky Bank of Pendleton County Inc.
July 1 -
Deborah Wright has likely never been as happy to be a New Yorker as she is this week. Carver Bancorp, a struggling thrift company where Wright is the CEO, managed to bring in $55M in capital in a deal led by many of the city's heavyweights.
June 30 -
Macatawa Bank Corp. in Holland, Mich., has closed on a $10.25 million of common equity in public offering and now should have enough capital to satisfy its regulatory order.
June 29 -
The struggling Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin reported a loss of $21.7 million for the quarter that ended March 31, narrowing losses by 27% from a year earlier.
June 29 -
Urban Partnership Bank has spent nearly a year finding ways to continue ShoreBank's mission of banking the underserved while also avoiding the failed bank's fate.
June 27 -
Georgia state regulators shut $103.7 million-asset Mountain Heritage Bank in Clayton on Friday, making it the 48th bank to fail so far this year and 14th failure in Georgia.
June 24 -
Georgia state regulators shut $103.7 million-asset Mountain Heritage Bank in Clayton on Friday, making it the 48th bank to fail so far this year and 14th failure in Georgia.
June 24 -
With five completed acquisitions and one pending, North American Financial Holdings Inc. is set to go public.
June 24 -
With five completed acquisitions and one pending, North American Financial Holdings Inc. is set to go public.
June 24 -
First Financial Holdings Inc. in Charleston, S.C., has agreed to buy five South Carolina branches from Liberty Savings Bank. The $3.3 billion-asset First Financial will buy $109.5 million in deposits and $27 million in performing loans as part of the deal.
June 22 -
Teche Holding Co. in New Iberia, La., said Wednesday that it has completed the charter conversion for Teche Federal Bank. The $782 million-asset company switched its unit to a state bank from a federally chartered thrift in a move that will reduce the company's regulatory fees by $100,000 annually.
June 22 -
Western Liberty Bancorp Inc. in Las Vegas has hired Sandler O'Neil & Partners LP to search for strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, just eight after the special-purpose acquisition company completed its first bank acquisition.
June 22 -
Porter Bancorp Inc. was able to avoid trouble during the darkest days of the recession, only to show up on its regulator's radar screen as many other banks are recovering.
June 21 -
The $14 billion-asset Susquehanna said late Monday that it would pay $343 million for the $2.6 billion-asset Tower.
June 20 -
A deal by Washington Federal — operating under an MOU with the OTS for nearly a year — to buy branches from Beal Financial may be its greatest stoke of confidence to date.
June 17 -
A deal by Washington Federal — operating under an MOU with the OTS for nearly a year — to buy branches from Beal Financial may be its greatest stoke of confidence to date.
June 17 -
Hanmi Financial Corp. and Woori Finance Holdings Co. have called off a long-delayed deal where Woori would have invested $210 million in Hanmi.
June 16 -
The $9.7 billion-asset F.N.B. said late Wednesday that it would pay $130 million for Parkvale in an all-stock deal priced at 1.95 times the seller's tangible book value.
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