Community Banking

1st Summit Bank in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is offering high school graduates not just free training, but a seven-year employment guarantee. It's an approach that some experts think could catch on.

State agencies supervise about 79% of U.S. banks. Their umbrella group just published the questions, documents and risk tiers examiners may use.

Seven of eight offices are open; debit cards are capped at $1,000 a day; and the bank's website is down. The bank has given no restoration date.

Nola Bank is the seventh new institution to open in 2026, with another two set to start in the next few months.

It's easy these days to get caught up in all the bad news and very easy to lose sight of the good. So let's take a moment to focus on some good news.

Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown scrambled to reopen in the days following the World Trade Center attacks. The exercise resulted in the bank's first disaster-recovery plan.

New York's Arrow Financial and Pennsylvania's First Commonwealth Financial were seeing their insurance revenue grow before they announced agency purchases this week. Prior to 2025, banks were shedding their insurance agencies.

For months, United Bancorporation of Alabama avoided a public clash with two unhappy shareholders. But after the duo demanded seats on the board of directors, the bank finally clapped back.

Two shareholders at United Bancorporation of Alabama say they've been expressing their concerns for years, to no avail. Now they want seats at the table.