Georgia

Jim McLemore has a new job just three months after orchestrating MidSouth's sale to Hancock Whitney.

Organizers have applied to form Craft Bank. If successful, the bank would become the third to open in the Atlanta area in recent years.

Mike Mercer had planed to work as part of the combined League of Southeastern Credit Unions until a least 2023, but recently approached the league's board with an early retirement request.

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

The Peach State is the latest to offer gamified savings programs as an incentive to draw in deposits and improve consumers' behavior.

The smooth and relatively short process should be encouraging to other big banks that are eyeing deals. But their window of opportunity may not last long.

John Rhea has served as president and CEO of the Georgia-based institution for 11 years.

BB&T and SunTrust had to sell the branches to get Justice Department approval of their merger, a key step toward closing the deal.

Three Rivers Credit Union in Bainbridge, Ga., and DOCO Credit Union in Albany, Ga., are expected to operate independently once the transactions are completed.

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

The companies say they're working hard to complete their deal this year — including spending millions on retention payments and other items — but there's no guarantee how quickly regulators will make their decisions.

MetroCity Bankshares has said it could use the proceeds to open branches or pursue acquisitions.

A strong economy, low-cost deposits and disruption from M&A are presenting opportunities.

Associated Credit Union became the latest institution to provide cancer screenings to employees when it organized mammograms at its headquarters this week.

The North Carolina company agreed to buy the much-smaller Community Financial Holding.

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.

Loyal Trust Bank is the seventh proposed bank in 2019 to secure the agency's approval for deposit insurance.

An appeals court said that Marietta, Ga.-based institution's overdraft agreements were "ambiguous" and now the case might be settled at a trial.

When H. Lynn Harton joined United Community Bank seven years ago, he knew he was on track to eventually become CEO. But he still felt he had to earn it.