Florida

Executives at Beach Community want to pursue more acquisitions in central Florida.

The San Francisco bank is also bulking up in Florida and Wyoming, no-tax states where many of its affluent clients have retired or have second homes.

The company, which has agreed to buy Marquis Bancorp, could use some of the proceeds to fund growth and pay off a line of credit.

The Tampa-based credit union will start the new year with a new CEO, as Robert Fisher retires after 29 years at the helm.

The company will significantly boost its origination volume after buying 51% of BrandMortgage.

Apollo Bank's agreement to be sold to a credit union has bankers worried there will be larger such sales in 2020.

The deal is Seacoast's third acquisition of a bank with operations in Palm Beach County.

Short of replacing member service representatives with robots, artificial intelligence has the capacity to help credit unions make better lending decisions that can improve business.

The Los Angeles bank is taking its wealth management and entertainment financing businesses to Miami and Long Island as part of its effort to expand nationally.

The Columbus, Ga., company had been counting on increased volume to offset a squeeze in net interest margins.

OUR Community Bank would focus on small-business loans with an emphasis on underserved Hispanic and Latino communities in South Florida.

Surety's first online bank, booyah, is aimed at college students and young grads.

Ernest Pinner, who co-founded the Florida company in 1999, will become non-executive chairman in January.

The Miami unit of Chile’s Banco de Credito e Inversiones is acquiring Executive National Bank. It bought Miami's TotalBank last year.

After investing in a payments CUSO earlier this year, the Florida-based credit union is looking for additional opportunities to work with fintechs.

The Florida banks had spent years addressing credit quality and capital issues.

First Commerce Credit Union's agreement to buy Citizens Bank brings to 14 the number of deals this year in which a credit union is buying a bank.

First Commerce Credit Union's agreement to buy Citizens Bank is the 14th credit union-bank deal of the year.

An increase in credit union acquisitions of banks has been a blow to the morale of many commercial bankers, and some of their trade organizations are trying to slow down the trend. There may be little they can do.

The industry has taken some steps to lower barriers to affordable housing, but some observers say that more can be done.