Community banking
Community banking
- Delaware
Often perceived as a bank for the wealthy, Wilmington Trust Corp. in Delaware has rolled out a loan product targeting the less well-heeled: a short-term loan that maxes out at $500.
October 23 - Alabama
Pinnacle Bancshares Inc. in Jasper, Ala., is planning to delist its shares from the American Stock Exchange to trim regulatory and compliance costs.
October 22 - Indiana
Irwin Financial Corp. of Columbus, Ind., warned Friday that it expects to report a third-quarter loss of $15 million to $20 million from its discontinued mortgage business.
October 22 - California
Bridge Capital Holdings of San Jose reported a double-digit rise in third-quarter profits as a result of strong loan growth.
October 22 - Pennsylvania
Harleysville Savings Financial Corp. in Pennsylvania said Friday that net income fell 10%, to $771,000, in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30. Earnings per share fell 9%, to 20 cents.
October 22 - Pennsylvania
In taking $8.9 million of charges over the first two quarters of the year, Fulton Financial Corp. of Lancaster, Pa., had appeared to be moving past its nonprime mortgage troubles.
October 22 - Minnesota
Heartland Financial USA Inc. of Dubuque, Iowa, which has bought or opened banks in seven states, is planning to enter Minnesota.
October 22 - Tennessee
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. once again warned Tennessee Commerce Bancorp Inc. in Franklin that its stock is in danger of being delisted because of possible violations of a rule prohibiting top executives from voting on their own pay raises.
October 22 - Oregon
PremierWest Bancorp in Medford, Ore., is expanding in the Sacramento area with a deal to buy the $380 million-asset Stockmans Financial Group in Elk Grove, Calif., for $91.1 million in cash and stock.
October 22 - New Jersey
Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., has reported improved credit quality in the third quarter, along with increases in loans, deposits, and fee income, but its earnings still declined by 17%, to $36.5 million, from the year earlier.
October 19 - Michigan
Blaming economic conditions in the Great Lakes region, Capitol Bancorp Ltd. in Lansing, Mich., said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings fell 44% from the year earlier, to $6 million.
October 19 - Illinois
Corus Bancshares Inc. in Chicago said Thursday that third-quarter profit fell by 31%, to $35.5 million, from the year earlier as the condominium market cooled.
October 19 - Maryland
Provident Bankshares Corp. in Baltimore on Thursday attributed a 22% drop in its third-quarter net income, to $16 million, to an increase in its loan-loss provision and a reduction in total revenues.
October 19 - Texas
Typically it is a tough sell to get prospective depositors who are not familiar with Central Bank of Kansas City to consider parking their money in the $140 million-asset Missouri community development financial institution — particularly those who would deposit more than $100,000.
October 19 - Oregon
Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., announced Thursday that it had earned $13.2 million in the third quarter, down 42% from a year earlier.
October 19 - Illinois
Amcore Financial Inc. in Rockford, Ill., said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings fell 85% from the year earlier, to $1.9 million, due to problem loans and a pending loss on the sale of mortgage-backed bonds.
October 19 - New York
CheckSpring Bank, a New York start-up that plans to make check cashing a core service, said Wednesday that it is set to cut the ribbon on its flagship South Bronx branch Nov. 5.
October 18 - Florida
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida in Stuart said Wednesday that it expects to report a significant boost in its loan-loss reserves for the third quarter to account for a spike in nonperforming loans to residential real estate developers.
October 18 - Missouri
Some banking companies have chased growth in warmer states like Texas and Florida, but Arvest Bank of Fayetteville, Ark., is content to stay in markets where the competition is less fierce.
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