Community banking
Community banking
- California
Shares of the struggling PFF Bancorp in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., soared Tuesday after the Illinois bank holding company FBOP Corp. disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it is seeking to increase its stake in the $4.5 billion-asset PFF.
December 19 - Ohio
United Community Financial Corp. in Youngstown, Ohio, announced Monday that the Office of Thrift Supervision is delaying approval of a deal to acquire another Ohio thrift company until the agency completes its examination of United's thrift subsidiary, Home Federal Savings and Loan Co.
December 18 - Georgia
Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. in Waycross, Ga., has canceled its stock offering because of weak demand for its shares.
December 18 - Pennsylvania
Even the picky S&T Bancorp Inc. in Indiana, Pa., is getting in on the dealmaking in its home state.
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The Independent Community Bankers of America is encouraging its members to think green.
December 17 - Virginia
A Virginia bank company formed for the purpose of buying community banks has struck its second deal before the first one has closed.
December 17 - California
Seacoast Commerce Bank in Chula Vista, Calif., said it had hired Ronnie Zivanic to be its chief financial officer, succeeding Toni Flannagan who resigned Friday.
December 17 - Illinois
Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. said Friday that a current board member, Homer J. Livingston Jr., has been elected chairman of the holding company as well as chairman of Midwest Bank and Trust Co.
December 17 - Michigan
Another team of former LaSalle Bank lenders is joining Private Bancorp Inc.
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Though much of the nation's financial press focuses on the economic fallout from troubled subprime mortgages, very positive developments have occurred in the loan market for lower-income workers and consumers — small-dollar consumer loans.
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The mortgage crisis loomed large in most of the country’s statehouses, but it was not the only banking issue legislatures tackled this year.
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When state legislatures convene for their 2008 sessions in January they are expected to get right down to business trying to find legislative measures to stave off waves of home foreclosures in their markets.
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December 14 - New Jersey
Now that its long search for a president and chief executive officer is complete, Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., says it could start buying banks again.
December 14 - Georgia
Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. in Waycross, Ga., announced after the stock market closed Wednesday that it cancelled its stock offering due to weak demand for its shares.
December 13 - New Jersey
Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., has chosen its next president and chief executive officer, ending an 11-month search.
December 13 - Maryland
It is often said that community banks need to have at least $1 billion of assets to compete effectively for commercial business, and with its deal to buy a hometown rival, the nine-year-old Eagle Bancorp Inc. in Bethesda, Md., would surpass that threshold.
December 13 - Virginia
Continuing with its ambitious expansion, Navy Federal Credit Union in Merrifield, Va., has opened its first branch in Virginia's capital city.
December 13 - Louisiana
The last remaining banking companies in Shreveport, La., announced Wednesday that they are teaming up to create a single banking company with about $250 million of assets.
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