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Regulators may be willing to grant new charters, but economic uncertainties, capital hurdles and inexperience have led the organizers of numerous bank startups to give up in the last few years.

FWBank would be led by Marianne Markowitz, former acting SBA director. Amy Fahey, a former JPMorgan Chase executive, would serve as chairman.

The chairman of the National Credit Union Administration gave CU Journal more details on the agency’s forthcoming rule providing guidance for credit unions purchasing banks.

As credit union leaders converge on Washington, here's a look at some of the biggest legislative and regulatory issues facing the industry – and what it might take to move the needle.

Farmers will pay $40 million for the bank, which is in an affluent area in northeast Ohio.

Loyal Trust Bank is the seventh proposed bank in 2019 to secure the agency's approval for deposit insurance.

The Plano bank, which is being sold to Prosperity Bancshares in one of the industry's biggest M&A deals this year, was also worried about credit quality, a regulatory filing shows.

Organizers of Silver River Community Bank must raise $17 million before opening.

The Michigan company will pay $68 million to expand in a high-priority market.

The companies said the merger will provide scale and help them update technology more efficiently.

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

CrossFirst Bankshares intends to use its share of the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including support of future growth, according to a registration statement.

The Connecticut company will add heft in its home state and Massachusetts when it buys the former mutual.

Piermont Bank, set to open this week, will be the city's second new bank this year.

The company, based in Charleston, S.C., will buy Carolina Trust in western North Carolina for $100 million.

Ribbon-cuttings for de novos have become more common as regulators have warmed up to the idea of granting new charters. These are the banks that have opened this year, along with more that are on track to do so.

The California company will pay $39.4 million for the parent of First State Bank of Colorado.

Trustar Bank is set to debut in northern Virginia in July.

The Pittsburgh regional, once among the most industry’s most active acquirers, hasn’t bought a bank in more than two years — and it’s in no rush to do so.

Organizers of Community Bank of the Carolinas in Winston-Salem said that they will return capital to investors and pursue other alternatives, including buying an existing bank.