Maryland

Howard Bancorp and Bryn Mawr Bank are trying different approaches to reach out to underserved markets they’ve entered via acquisitions. Creative in-house initiatives may take on added importance as regulators move to "dial back" Community Reinvestment Act rules.

Stilwell Group and Jeffrey Thorp will gain board seats in exchange for a vow to refrain from waging proxy battles against MB Bancorp.

The Fed determined that Jacob Goldstein, who was also president of NBRS Financial Bank, improperly signed off on loans without telling the board that he would benefit from them. The bank failed in 2014.

The credit union has more than doubled its asset size since Staatz was appointed CEO in 2003.

Two Maryland CUs to offer IDShield

Marathon International Bank would target the Ethiopian community with specific advertising and educational programs.

The Maryland credit union will offer business services to the medical cannabis industry.

MFA Acquisition, which plans to keep Maryland Financial Bank's name, wants to add more products and services after the deal closes.

Delaware-based CU's new charter will allow it to branch out further into the First State, as well as into Maryland.

Eagle Bancorp vigorously defended itself after a potential short seller made claims of dubious insider dealings, pushing back harder than many banks have in the past.

Eagle is trying to debunk claims by Aurelius Value that CEO Ronald Paul and other directors are involved in an insider loan scheme. Eagle dismissed the report as an effort by short sellers to manipulate its stock.

Bay Bancorp shareholders will get the added payouts if the Maryland bank's management settles a lawsuit and addresses a number of bad credits.

Here's a look at the 12 housing markets with the largest percentages of mortgages over $500,000 — the new threshold House Republicans have proposed for the mortgage interest deduction in their tax plan.

Howard Bancorp CEO Mary Ann Scully was so keen on buying 1st Mariner that she met with a representative of one of the Baltimore company's three largest shareholders before meeting with management, and she kept talking with them. It worked.

Aberdeen Proving Ground FCU updates brand, honors roots.

The company has agreed to buy Bay Bancorp for $129 million in stock.

Three years after guiding the Baltimore bank through bankruptcy, the group that recapitalized it found a similar institution eager to form a new partnership.

The Baltimore bank, which was on the brink of failure before a group recapitalized it, is selling itself to Howard Bancorp.

The company agreed to buy County First Bank in a cash-and-stock transaction.

Distribution based on deposit, loan relationships with the credit union in the first half of 2017.