Community banking
Community banking
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Finding ways to spotlight and promote our small business customers within our branches strengthens a customers bond with his bank like few things can.
March 6 -
SunTrust Banks (STI) will close around 40 branches this quarter as it continues its efforts to rein in costs, its chief executive said Tuesday.
March 5 -
The $1 billion-asset Pacific Mercantile said Tuesday that it would sell $2.2 million shares of common stock to private equity firm Carpenter Funds for roughly $14.8 million.
March 5 -
SI Financial Group (SIFF) in Willimantic, Conn., will buy Newport Bancorp (NFSB) in Rhode Island for roughly $61.3 million.
March 5 -
C1 Bank in St. Petersburg, Fla., has recruited the state's former top financial official to its board.
March 5 -
Some banks may be getting reckless with the pricing and terms they're offering commercial borrowers. The trend should temper enthusiasm for otherwise welcome signs of growth.
March 5 -
A Pennsylvania transportation agency has added new accusations to the securities lawsuit it filed against the $1.2 billion-asset Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF).
March 5 -
Bryan Jordan, the CEO of First Horizon, says regulation and competition are forcing banks to find ways to connect with customers who don't want face-to-face contact.
March 5 -
It could take another two years for Renasant to get close to its investor returns from before the crisis, and that's OK, CEO Robin McGraw says.
March 5 -
Rep. Maxine Waters, the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, said she and some colleagues are frustrated with the pace of work to implement diversity provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.
March 5 -
A former hedge fund manager who now handles some investments for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has left the board of WSFS Financial (WSFS).
March 5 -
Ray Grace, the acting banking commissioner of North Carolina, used humor to deflect some tough questions aimed at regulators about limits on bank startups.
March 5 -
Atlantic Coast Financial trimmed its losses last quarter as it readies for possible challenges to its deal with Bond Street Holdings.
March 5 -
The chief financial officer of Hampton Roads Bancshares (HMPR) in Virginia Beach, Va., is leaving for a job in commercial real estate finance.
March 4 -
What will the next big legislation look like? We asked academics, analysts and former top regulators to weigh in.
March 4 -
The $972 million-asset parent of Panhandle State Bank said Monday that Ford Elsaesser is expected to assume the post on April 24 following the annual meeting of shareholders.
March 4 -
Pacific Premier (PPBI) in Irvine, Calif., has named new chief lending and operating officers among several executive moves.
March 4 -
Community & Southern Bank in Atlanta has hired its new president away from a larger Alabama lender.
March 4 -
New York Community Bancorp, a $44.6 billion-asset company, said Monday it has named Lawrence Savarese a director.
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