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H&R Block, for the second time in a year, is finding it challenging to get out of banking.
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The $7.8 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that it had sold performing mortgages with outstanding balances of roughly $193 million to First BanCorp, also in San Juan.
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Valley Community Bank's biggest shareholder has gone public with his objection to the Pleasanton, Calif., bank's sale to FNB Bancorp in San Francisco.
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BEO Bancorp in Heppner, Ore., has agreed to buy Bank Reale, in Pasco, Wash. A purchase price for the cash-and-stock deal was not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter.
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Greer State Bank in Greer, S.C., has eliminated its chief banking officer position, according to a regulatory filing.
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The Golden State is home to nearly a quarter of the banks on Sandler O'Neill's annual list of the top-performing small-cap institutions, a hint that the state could be returning to its pre-recession strength. Banks in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic also had strong performances.
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PSCU's Third Annual KnockOut started with some 30 teams comprised of 150 competitors from 11 credit unions. After an intense 24-hour bout, team Tech Attack's balance-transfer app solution was victorious.
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National Australia Bank is looking to sell more than a quarter of its holdings in Great Western Bancorp as part of the Sioux Fall, S.D., company's planned initial public offering.
October 3 - Texas
ODESSA, Texas With the Cornerstone Credit Union League the combined league for Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas now officially one year old, the league held its annual conference this summer, where it recognized its first-ever "Volunteer of the Year," Kris Crow, chairman of the board at Southwest 66 CU here
October 3 - Pennsylvania
Norsco Federal CU in Norristown, Pa., has completed its merger with TruMark Financial CU in Trevose, Pa.
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