Community banking
Community banking
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Hundreds of community banks and thrifts that were among the first to sell trust-preferred securities through investment pools could soon be looking to refinance.
May 10 -
Heartland Financial USA Inc. of Dubuque, Iowa, has lowered its first-quarter earnings by $1.2 million, to $4.5 million.
May 9 -
Colorado lawmakers have approved the creation of a statewide identity theft task force that would include bankers.
May 9 -
NBC Capital Corp. in Starkville, Miss., said Thursday that it plans to raise about $46.8 million in a public offering.
May 5 -
A traditional Texas bank's experiment in automated banking is showing signs of promise.
May 5 -
The $1.1 billion-asset Mercantile Bancorp Inc. in Quincy, Ill., announced Thursday that it had restated its first-quarter earnings after reaching an out-of-court settlement with a brokerage firm that had sued it.
May 5 -
Vineyard National Bancorp in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., said Thursday that it plans to raise $31.8 million by selling 1.2 million shares of common stock to three institutional investors in a direct offering.
May 5 -
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National Mercantile Bancorp of Los Angeles said its first-quarter profit rose 40% from a year earlier on strong loan and deposit growth.
May 4 - Minnesota
After several years of groundwork, a nonprofit in Minneapolis that teams up with small banks to make bigger loans to growing business customers is looking to take its model to other states.
May 4 -
Most financial institutions are being squeezed to some degree by the combination of a flat yield curve and rising interest rates, but thrifts are feeling the most pain.
May 3 -
MB Financial Inc. in Chicago has a reputation as a strong commercial loan generator, and Illinois' First Oak Brook Bancshares Inc. is known as a skilled deposit gatherer.
May 3 -
AUSTIN — Among the sticking points in merger talks between the Independent Bankers Association of Texas and the Texas Bankers Association is which national trade group to affiliate with.
May 2 - Alabama
The Banc Corp. in Birmingham, Ala., announced its second acquisition deal in two months Monday, saying it had agreed to buy the $566 million-asset Community Bancshares Inc. in Blountsville, Ala., for $98 million in cash and stock.
May 2 -
Hancock Holding Corp. of Gulfport, Miss., and Whitney Holding Corp. of New Orleans gave updates Monday on their recovery from Hurricane Katrina
May 2 -
First State Bancorp of Albuquerque said a higher loan-loss provision and costs associated with two recent acquisitions dampened first-quarter profits.
May 2 -
Adding another twist to an already intriguing hostile takeover story, the executive who ran the New York bank that was targeted is defecting to the losing bidder.
May 1 -
Cowlitz Bancorp. in Longview, Wash., said its first-quarter net income rose 65% from the same quarter last year, to $1 million, as a result of strong loan and deposit growth.
May 1 -
Signature Bank in New York said Friday that its first-quarter earnings rose 39% from the same quarter last year, to $8 million.
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