Retail & Commercial

A Fed-led working group may pressure Wall Street to adopt SOFR; challenger banks with smartphone-based accounts soar.

Large banks are going from more rural areas to expand in cities like Pittsburgh. Credit unions in the affected markets will have to adapt to survive.

President Trump is expected to sign legislation soon that would expand the number of farmers who could file under the more lenient Chapter 12. Ag lenders are worried because farm bankruptcies recently rose and the trade war with China could worsen.

The Michigan company disclosed that an unnamed client made a large payment on a $6.5 million nonperforming loan.

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The New Jersey company was reportedly shopping itself around last fall. Fresh off an agreement to buy Gold Coast Bancorp in New York, CEO Kevin Cummings says he is ready to explore other acquisitions.

Ancora Advisors also suggested that the company get rid of its current management team.

Most ATM update projects fail for a variety of reasons, such as the amount of time and effort required was simply underestimated, competing priorities get in the way, a lack of resources, a reliance on manual testing processes and procedures, according to Paragon Application Systems' Steve Gilde.

The bank will buy First State Bank of Mobeetie.

The New Jersey company will pay $284 million for Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding.