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Union Bankshares in Richmond, Va., has agreed to buy Old Dominion Capital Management in Charlottesville, Va.
April 5 -
Blue Ridge Bankshares in Luray, Va., has agreed to buy River Bancorp in Martinsville, Va.
March 31 -
Bay Banks of Virginia in Kilmarnock has increased the size of its fourth-quarter loss, after a commercial borrower pleaded guilty to creating false financial statements.
March 28 -
A dozen banks from Arkansas to Virginia are nearing $10 billion in assets, where they will face higher compliance costs and caps on interchange fees. Mergers among those institutions could create a new class of regional bank.
March 21 -
Old Point Financial in Hampton, Va., has agreed to nominate an activist investor's candidate for its board.
March 17 -
C&F Financial in West Point, Va., has named Jason Long chief financial officer of the company and its Citizens and Farmers Bank subsidiary.
March 17 -
American National Bankshares in Danville, Va., said in a press release Friday that Dabney Gilliam, its chief administrative officer, will resign at the end of this month to join Bank of Charlotte County.
March 4 -
First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., and First Community Bancshares in Bluefield, Va., have agreed to exchange branches in two states.
March 4 -
Cordia said in a press release Tuesday that it sold its CordiaGrad platform to its Jack Zoeller, the $348 million-asset company's chief executive.
March 1 -
Summit Financial Group in Moorefield, W.Va., has agreed to buy Highland County Bankshares in Monterey, Va., for $21.8 million in cash. The deal is expected to close early in the third quarter.
March 1 -
Hampton Roads Bankshares agreed to take Xenith Bankshares' name and move to the seller's Richmond, Va., headquarters as part of a recent deal. The move gives the surviving company heft in a growing market that is attractive to other potential acquirers.
February 23 -
CCB Bankshares in South Hill, Va., has raised $3.5 million in a private placement of debt and will use some of the money to exit the Small Business Lending Fund.
February 19 -
Fauquier Bankshares in Warrenton, Va., has named a North Carolina community banker as its new chief executive.
February 19 -
Freedom Bank of Virginia in Fairfax has named to its board a consultant to a fund that recently invested in the bank.
February 18 -
Bank of Botetourt in Buchanan, Va., founded in 1899, said Thursday it has opened a mortgage division to pursue unmet demand for home loans in southwestern Virginia.
February 11 -
The $2 billion-asset Hampton Roads said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $107.2 million in stock for the $1 billion-asset Xenith.
February 10 -
Nacha, the bank industry group that oversees the automated clearing house network, has appointed six industry executives to its board.
February 3 - Virginia
Bank of America and nine other banks have agreed to pay about $63 million to settle claims they misled the state of Virginia into buying faulty residential mortgage-backed securities.
January 25 -
American National Bankshares in Danville, Va., has named Cathy Liles its chief accounting officer.
January 13 -
Banks have made changes to overdrafts, such as lowering fees offering clearer explanations. They better, as the CFPB will soon offer new rules for overdrafts. Plus, overdraft revenue has declined at many banks. Still unanswered is the question of how to offer short-term credit, if overdrafts disappear.
January 5


