North Carolina

A judge in North Carolina granted a request by First Citizens to block KS Bancorp from enacting a shareholder rights plan.

The North Carolina-based credit union is the latest to increase starting wages as part of the nationwide push to ensure all workers are paid a living wage.

Park National, which came to regret its acquisition of a Florida bank just before the financial crisis, took more than a year to vet NewDominion before making an offer.

Organizers in Winston-Salem are planning to raise at least $25 million to form Community Bank of the Carolinas.

The National Credit Union Administration has approved a field of membership expansion for the Myrtle Beach-based credit union.

KS Bancorp disclosed in a legal filing that an takeover effort by First Citizens is spooking lenders and prompting prospects to delay and cancel plans to move deposits and lending relationships.

Readers opine on the possibility of an Amazon-JPMorgan Chase checking partnership, weigh in on the Crapo bill, applaud plans that would make the CFPB more of a backup regulator and more.

Two groups have announced plans to open banks in the state, and several others have had talks with regulators. Is there room for more?

Spirit Community Bank would be based in Statesville, a community about 45 miles north of Charlotte. A separate set of organizers has already shared plans to open a bank east of Charlotte.

Parkway Acquisition in Virginia has agreed to buy Great State Bank for nearly $15 million.