Community banking
Community banking
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The Illinois company, four months removed from its last bank acquisition, just announced the biggest purchase in its history. Alpine Bancorp. will add low-cost deposits and scale to Midland States' wealth management business.
October 18 -
The company, which plans to change its name to Hancock Whitney next year, reported increased profit that reflected balance sheet growth.
October 18 -
Burgess, chairman of FirstCapital Bank of Texas, succeeds Dorothy Savarese, of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Massachusetts, as chairman of the American Bankers Association.
October 17 -
Debbie Meekins is running First Community Bank in Santa Rosa while simultaneously taking steps to rebuild her own life after her home of 19 years went up in flames.
October 17 -
TD Bank has pledged $3 million to provide credit counseling to small-business owners. The hope is that those owners will use commercial loans to replace personal credit cards and home equity as their primary forms of business funding.
October 17 -
The president of the St. Louis Fed said that regulators should go back to the pre-Dodd Frank framework for small banks, while warning about changes to the system as fintechs expand their presence.
October 17 -
The current regulatory focus drives the growth of ever-larger, harder-to-manage and harder-to-regulate megabanks, while community banks have been left to be picked up by acquirers.
October 17 -
PacWest reversed a valuation allowance on tax credits, which helped boost third-quarter earnings. PacWest also expects its deal for CU Bancorp to close this week.
October 17 -
From groundbreaking ceremonies and grand openings to honoring veterans and teaching patriotism, here's how credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.
October 16 -
Howard Bancorp CEO Mary Ann Scully was so keen on buying 1st Mariner that she met with a representative of one of the Baltimore company's three largest shareholders before meeting with management, and she kept talking with them. It worked.
October 16 -
Efforts to make it easier for small businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled with key community banks' outreach initiatives, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending, but credit union participation is still lagging.
October 13 -
From marketing recognition to scholarship awards and more, here's how credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.
October 13 -
The company agreed to buy Commercial Bancshares for $59 million in stock.
October 13 -
Bob Ramsey, who had worked for FBR Capital Markets for more than a decade, will handle investor relations and strategic planning at Customers.
October 12 -
The company had strong gains in construction lending and trust fee income, but its business lending operation had flat results.
October 12 -
Efforts to make it easier for smaller businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled by concerted expansion efforts among key regional and community banks, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending.
October 11 -
The Tupelo, Miss., company has recouped its “satisfactory” community reinvestment rating, removing a regulatory obstacle to two pending acquisitions.
October 11 -
Branches may be closing in droves, but they still play a key role in attracting and retaining customers. Here's how three banks are trying to maximize their potential.
October 10 -
On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.
October 10 -
On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.
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