Community banking
Community banking
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A Chilean bank's plan to keep the Miami bank intact is a better outcome for the market than a sale to an existing regional bidder, industry observers say.
May 28 -
The long-held notion that community banks, by definition, provide exceptional customer service is getting debunked.
May 28 -
It didn't take long for Live Oak to explode onto the SBA lending scene. Though it has just $330 million in assets, CEO Chip Mahan's latest banking venture trails only Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank on the government's list of the most active SBA lenders.
May 28 -
A federal jury convicted three former executives at the failed Bank of the Commonwealth in Norfolk, Va., of hiding the bank's bad assets for their own gain.
May 28 -
Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin (ABCW) in Madison lost $17.5 million in the first quarter despite an improvement in credit quality.
May 28 -
As long as your corporate social responsibility program is a true effort to give back, it can pay huge dividends for everyone involved.
May 27 -
Nasdaq has warned Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) in Connecticut that it is in violation of the exchanges rules because of a delay in filing its latest quarterly report.
May 24 -
Chilean bank Banco de Credito e Inversiones has agreed to buy the $4.7 billion-asset City National Bank of Florida from Spain's Bankia for $882.8 million.
May 24 -
The company plans to place a greater emphasis on commercial banking in cities such as Houston and Jacksonville, Fla.
May 24 -
Higher turnout at annual meetings and new SEC reporting rules are forcing bankers and activist shareholders to spend more time, money swaying voters in proxy fights.
May 24 -
The $225 million-asset Goldthwaite is buying First National Bancshares in Hico, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
May 24 -
Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., will close roughly a fifth of its branches as investors press management to cut costs.
May 24 -
Banks have been blaming one another for recklessly chasing business loans. Data on portfolio yields and growth offers perspective on which ones are being the most aggressive.
May 24 -
Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., is constructing a regional headquarters in Florida.
May 24 -
Talbot Bank in Easton, Md., has signed a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and its state regulator, effective Friday.
May 24 -
Sharp bookkeepers could spot a kite in progress, but, more often than not, they were too hurried to give the ledgers a second look.
May 24 -
Bankers Bank Northeast in Glastonbury, Conn., has hired a former Home Loan bank executive to be its next chief.
May 23 -
First Niagara Financial (FNFG) in Buffalo, N.Y., has reportedly reached a severance agreement with John Koelmel, who was ousted as chief executive in March.
May 23 -
Centier Bank in Whiting, Ind., has begun using a card-issuance system from EFT Source, a provider of turnkey card programs.
May 23 -
Online lenders threaten to seize dominant control of the market for small loans to small business.
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