Cap Markets

Peapack-Gladstone Financial in Bedminster, N.J., is considering additional acquisitions in wealth management after raising $50 million in subordinated debt.

Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., has launched a subordinated debt offering that was well telegraphed to the market but that is smaller than some had anticipated.

During an event in Washington, Brian Moynihan touched on the regulatory environment as well as technological innovations like the distributed ledger that are changing the banking industry.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has given community banks and other small companies more flexibility to issue private stock, but even more flexibility should be granted to fulfill congressional intent.

WSFS Financial Corporation in Wilmington, Del., is looking to raise $100 million through the sale of notes and plans to use the proceeds for a range of purposes, including possible acquisitions.

Hot demand for shares of Enterprise Bancorp in Lowell, Mass., has prompted the bank to double the size of its secondary offering.

Ottawa Savings Bancorp in Ottawa, Ill., is planning its second-step conversion.

How Eastern Bank pulled off something few community banks have: launching a digital lending product that the 197-year-old mutual dreamed up in its innovation lab.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco plans to raise about $178 million through a common stock offering.

Paragon Commercial could raise up to $29 million when the Raleigh, N.C., company conducts its initial public offering.