Capital

Organizers of Bank of St. George still need to raise $18 million before opening.

The two agencies have delayed the deadline for the public to respond to a request for information on the rating system used to score banks' overall health.

Lower interest rates are allowing banks to use the cheaper capital to repay higher-cost debt and prepare for future expansion.

It's long past time for the National Credit Union Administration to implement a risk-based capital standard, and the recently approved delay could hurt more than it helps.

It's long past time for the National Credit Union Administration to implement a risk-based capital standard, and the recently approved delay could hurt more than it helps.

Organizers have applied to form Craft Bank. If successful, the bank would become the third to open in the Atlanta area in recent years.

The National Credit Union Administration board signed off on a controversial budget, and it delayed its risk-based capital rule to buy itself time amid complaints by bankers.

The supervisory letter had required the company to get Fed approval before issuing debt, paying dividends or making quarterly payments on its trust-preferred securities.

Raging Capital Management also urged the company's board to repurchase stock and think about selling a minority stake in the payments processor Evertec.

Raging Capital Management also urged the company's board to repurchase stock and think about selling a minority stake in the payments processor Evertec.

The company will gain branches in Northampton County as part of the $79 million deal.

The deal will create a bank with nearly $50 billion in assets.

The company will pay $122 million for six branches and nearly $1 billion in assets.

PiNG Bank, which would be based in Jersey City, is being proposed by former bankers at Cross River Bank, Citigroup and Bogota Savings Bank.

The company agreed to pay $41 million for Victory Community Bank.

The company will pay nearly $33 million for Tomah Bancshares to boost its operations in Wisconsin's Monroe County.

Hamp Johnston, a former market executive at JPMorgan Chase, would serve as RockPoint Bank's president and CEO. The bank would be based in Chattanooga.

The deal is Seacoast's third acquisition of a bank with operations in Palm Beach County.

United Bankshares in West Virginia was willing to pay a healthy premium for Carolina Financial, one of a dwindling number of available banks with more than $4 billion in assets.

The company will pay $1.1 billion for Carolina Financial in Charleston, S.C., in a deal that will add nearly $5 billion in assets.