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The Wyomissing, Pa.-based firm is forgoing cash offers in favor of a more complicated plan that involves spinning the unit off to shareholders, who will then trade their stakes for shares in a Clearwater,Fla-based community bank in a tax-free exchange.

Readers weigh in on online lending growth, how President Trump’s healthcare policies affect lenders, regulation’s effects on community banks and more.

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

Ditching paper and digitizing tasks help community banks operate more efficiently and write more profitable commercial loans.

First Reliance in South Carolina, which recently announced its first bank acquisition, is angling to take advantage of disruption caused by bigger mergers in the Carolinas.

The Illinois company, four months removed from its last bank acquisition, just announced the biggest purchase in its history. Alpine Bancorp. will add low-cost deposits and scale to Midland States' wealth management business.

The company, which plans to change its name to Hancock Whitney next year, reported increased profit that reflected balance sheet growth.

Burgess, chairman of FirstCapital Bank of Texas, succeeds Dorothy Savarese, of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Massachusetts, as chairman of the American Bankers Association.

Debbie Meekins is running First Community Bank in Santa Rosa while simultaneously taking steps to rebuild her own life after her home of 19 years went up in flames.