Despite ongoing challenges, executives at community banks believe they can boost revenue this year. At the same time, pressure is mounting to build scale, which could mean more consolidation.

Banks must use analytics — rather than customer surveys — to determine what does and what does not inspire prospects to become customers.

Susan Ralston plans to stay with Dollar Bank after the Pittsburgh mutual absorbs Bank @tlantec in Virginia Beach, where she is CEO. The longtime executive also plans to keep pushing for reforms designed to preserve the mutual banking model.

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SouthCrest Financial Group in Woodstock, Ga., has found a new leader after his predecessor departed eight months ago.

The $7.5 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Curtis Glovier had become chairman and chief executive of Pensco Trust Co.

Nonbanking fees are also allowing Community Bank System in New York to be a patient acquirer even though it is creeping up on $10 billion in assets.

The impressive loan growth in the second quarter is surprising in an economy that grew by 1.2% in the second quarter and by only 0.8% in the first quarter.

The age-old fight over whether earnings forecasts are essential for investors or bad for the economy has new legs, and banks are square in the middle of it.

The Bancorp has named Hugh McFadden its chief operating officer, replacing an executive who had joined the Wilmington, Del., company just 16 months earlier.

BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, raised $485 million from the sale of a stake in First Hawaiian after fetching prices at the top of the marketed range.

Sandy Spring Bancorp in Olney, Md., said that its insurance unit bought The Advantage Group, which offers personal, business and life insurance to clients in Maryland, northern Virginia and Washington.

WSFS Financial in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to buy the assets of Powdermill Financial Solutions in Wilmington.

Unity Bancorp is raking in money from holding and selling 7(a) loans, but don't expect the bank to extend its operations beyond New Jersey and New York. Management learned that lesson the hard way during the financial crisis.

A proposed 50% expansion to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program would yield new opportunities for banks to finance development projects and meet their Community Reinvestment Act obligations.

Community Bank of the Chesapeake in Waldorf, Md., has handed its chief risk officer some serious additional duties. James Burke became president of the $1.2 billion-asset bank on July 28; he will remain risk chief and an executive vice president, also.

Consistent marketing doesn't mean your offer gets better with each try, but it increases the odds of making a pitch when your customers are actually listening.

First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu expects to raise up to $558 million in an initial public offering after its parent BNP Paribas Group decided to spin off the unit rather than sell it.

WASHINGTON — State bank associations threw their support behind a regulatory relief bill on Tuesday in hopes the legislation can gain traction in the Senate.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is raising concerns about potential spillover effects from depressed oil prices even as banks had sounded more optimistic. Tougher capital requirements for energy lenders could be on the horizon.