Community banking
Community banking
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ICB Financial in Ontario, Calif., has completed an acquisition and raised $15.5 million in a private placement.
May 24 - California
First Republic Bank in San Francisco has plenty of borrowers and private banking clients in the fast-growing markets east of the city - but no branches to attract deposits.
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First Bancshares Inc. in Hattiesburg, Miss., said Monday that it had agreed to buy the $51 million-asset First National Bank of Wiggins in Mississippi for $4.2 million in cash and stock.
May 23 - Alabama
BancorpSouth Inc. of Tupelo, Miss., is taking an inexpensive route into Florida.
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AUSTIN — Libertad Bank’s business model, a hybrid of community bank and a check casher, was designed to cater to the growing Hispanic market in Texas.
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WashingtonFirst Bank has a deal to buy a hometown competitor, First Liberty Bancorp.
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International Bank of Commerce of Laredo, Tex., is planning major branch expansions in the Austin, Houston, and San Antonio areas.
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BancTrust Financial Group Inc. in Mobile, Ala., has hired a team of five commercial lenders away from the $81 billion-asset Regions Financial Corp. of Birmingham.
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Sun American Bancorp in Miami is buying the $120 million-asset Beach Bank in Miami Beach for $21 million in stock.
May 19 -
The Bank Holdings Inc. is buying a bank in its hometown of Reno to increase its deposit share there.
May 19 - Arizona
Love of the arts was not the only motive behind First National Bank of Arizona's first art show last week.
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FirstMerit Corp. in Akron has named Paul G. Greig, a Charter One Financial Inc. and Bank One Corp. veteran, as its president and chief executive officer.
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WASHINGTON - A provision in regulatory-relief legislation could hold directors responsible for bailing out troubled banks.
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As part of its continued restructuring, First Financial Bancorp in Hamilton, Ohio, has struck deals to sell five of its branches in central Indiana and Michigan.
May 17 - California
With its latest and biggest deal, First Community Bancorp in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., would fill a critical void in its southern California operations.
May 17 -
A week after reporting a first-quarter profit of $71,000, Bank Holdings in Reno said it lost $24,000 that quarter.
May 17 -
The Texas Bankers Association has a deal to absorb the small Texas Savings and Community Bankers Association, which represents thrifts.
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As a Who's Who of Texas bankers walked by her booth last week at the Texas Bankers Association's annual conference in Grapevine, Leilani Lim explained why her new role as the financial education coordinator for the state Banking Department is a perfect fit.
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