Community banking
Community banking
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The Omaha, Nebraska-based company announced its second purchase of a Kansas City-area bank in just over a year. It plans to keep expanding in the fast-growing market, according to Chairman and President Clark Lauritzen.
June 2 -
BCB Bancorp in Bayonne, New Jersey, is turning to veteran bank executive Tom O'Brien to accelerate its turnaround after reporting significant losses in 2025.
June 1 -
Farmers and Mechanics Federal Savings Bank in Bloomfield, Indiana, last turned a profit in 2023.
May 29 -
Maspeth Federal Savings in Queens has been managed by members of the Rudzewick family, led by long-serving patriarch Ken, for nearly three decades.
May 26 -
An automated alert system auto-closed "a very high percentage" of suspicious-activity flags at the bank, the OCC said.
May 26 -
The House passed housing legislation that includes a slightly pared-down institutional investor housing ban, as well as a raft of community bank measures.
May 20 -
The move comes about a year after rising delinquency levels prompted SBA to raise lender fees and tightened underwriting standards in its flagship 7(a) program.
May 18 -
Fund managers are seeking to change the way banks think about Community Reinvestment Act investing.
May 15 -
House lawmakers modified a ban on big-money investors from purchasing single-family homes, broadening the exemptions for build-to-rent properties and eliminating requirements in a Senate version of the bill that affected investors divest their holdings.
May 14 -
Lawmakers are moving toward a compromise that would ban yield payments on stablecoins, but allow other rewards. The distinction is functionally meaningless, and leaves small banks in danger of losing deposits.
May 14 -
The 22nd State Bank in Mobile has been developing its national Always.bank subsidiary over the past year. 22nd State, which was founded in 1917, is eyeing a summertime launch for the online unit.
May 13 -
The trio of community bank regulatory relief bills passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday night would ease exam intensity and frequency for smaller firms; it would also expand Treasury mentorships between community banks and larger lenders.
May 13 -
Stephen Curley, who was the chief banking officer at Phoenix-based Western Alliance, will join Maryland-based Eagle Bancorp as president and CEO in July. Eagle's current CEO previously announced plans to retire after the bank racked up big losses in office loans.
May 12 -
The community bank trade group says crypto firms are combining stablecoin rules, Fed master account access and trust charters to replicate banking without bank rules.
May 12 -
Plans were moving along smoothly for a new data center in Franklin County, Missouri — until residents found out about it. Now the project is facing a fierce public backlash, and a local community bank is caught in the crossfire.
May 12 -
The Village Bank is already mulling expanding the concept to other locations if the one planned for its Wellesley, Mass., office lives up to expectations.
May 11 -
Almost 60 SBA loans originated by Community Bank & Trust — West Georgia were classified as noncurrent, according to Small Business Administration records. Last week, Community became the second U.S. bank to fail in 2026.
May 8 -
Public comments on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's GENIUS Act implementing regulations highlighted the rift between banks and crypto firms over the permissibility of yield on stablecoin holdings, an issue that has stalled crypto market structure legislation for months.
May 6 -
Opportunity favors the prepared, and Cambridge Savings Bank had been saving for years to buy a nearby rival. Now, as the mutual bank announces plans to acquire First Seacoast Bank, it says it's found "the right deal at the right time."
May 5 -
Carter Bankshares wants to widen its footprint in the Carolinas and may look to buy a bank, especially in South Carolina, where it set up a loan production office in November. The Virginia bank recently resolved a long-running dispute with a major commercial borrower.
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