Retail & Commercial

Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) in Moultrie, Ga., reported a 93% drop in earnings and missed projections by 10 cents per share in the third quarter.

Trustmark's company's earnings rose 2% from the second quarter and 9.5% from a year earlier, to $29.9 million. The Jackson, Miss., company said in a press release late Tuesday that higher revenue from insurance commissions and mortgages helped boost its bottom line.

Third-quarter income rose slightly for UMB Financial (UMBF) as the Kansas City, Mo., company reported higher average loan balances and noninterest expenses.

Borba, along with his brother John, Ron Kruse and others founded Chino Valley Bank in 1974 "with the vision of creating a community bank that could provide customized banking relationships to the many small businesses and business owners in the greater Chino area," the $6.3 billion-asset CVB said in a press release Tuesday.

ALTOONA, Penn. – Altoona Regional Health System FCU has hired national design form Momentum to build a new headquarters for the $26 million credit union.

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Columbia CU has submitted a request to the city to build a second office building at its main operation center.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Fast-growing Scott CU officially opened its new 51,000-square-foot offices yesterday, more than tripling the size of its old headquarters in nearby Collinsville.

An agreement to purchase $5.9 billion of assets from the retail giant positions TD for further growth in the credit-card business, while providing a blueprint for future deals.

The Mortgage Bankers Association on Tuesday upwardly revised its forecast for residential origination this year to $1.7 trillion, citing low interest rates that have sparked a massive refinance boom.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has lifted a consent order against Metro Bank related to the bank's anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act programs.