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Community Financial in Waldorf, Md., filed a shelf registration that will allow it to raise up to $75 million over the next three years.
October 20 -
Kyle Waters and Andy Bower announced the creation of Loan Evaluation Services this week. The firm will provide independent loan portfolio reviews for community and regional banks that are planning to make acquisitions or have a need for third-party loan portfolio reviews.
October 9 -
Great Western Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D., could sell up to $100 million shares of its stock during its planned initial public offering.
September 26
First Guaranty Bancshares in Hammond, La., has filed for a $75 million initial public offering.
The $1.5 billion-asset company
First Guaranty said it could use proceeds from the IPO to increase the size of its bank's loan portfolio and acquisitions, among other things. The company added that it could also use proceeds from the offering to redeem preferred stock it issued the Treasury Department as part of the Small Business Lending Fund.
The company said its acquisition strategy would focus on banks with $100 million to $1 billion in assets in Louisiana and adjacent states.
