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Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC) in Poplar Bluff, Mo., has agreed to buy Peoples Banking Company in Nixa, Mo.
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Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC) in Springfield, Mo., has agreed to buy two branches from Boulevard Bank in Neosho, Mo.
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WASHINGTON House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, announced a vote for Thursday of 11 bills aimed at lessening regulatory burden on banks by changing aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act and associated regulations.
March 24
Southern Missouri Bancorp in Poplar Bluff has filed to sell $20 million in preferred stock it issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Small Business Lending Fund.
The $1.3 billion-asset company noted in a regulatory filing Tuesday that the Treasury, which obtained the shares in July 2011, has no obligation to sell the stock. Southern Missouri used proceeds from the SBLF to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Southern Missouri also filed to sell $75 million in equity and debt over time. The company said it will use any capital raised to reduce its debt. Southern Missouri last year