Community banking
Community banking
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PremierWest Bancorp in Medford, Ore., said Monday that its first-quarter profits rose 24% from a year earlier, to $3.3 million.
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United Bankshares Inc. of Charleston, W.Va., said it is repositioning its balance sheet by selling securities and paying off debt.
April 11 -
Nevada State Bank in Las Vegas is betting that if it gives small-business owners something for free, they will be so appreciative they will become customers.
April 11 -
Penn Liberty Financial Corp. of Wayne, Pa., said it raised $13.8 million in its second private placement stock offering.
April 10 -
WASHINGTON — Are banks making too much money on their Small Business Administration loans?
April 10 -
Crescent Financial Corp. of Cary, N.C., has agreed to acquire Port City Capital Bank of Wilmington, N.C., for $39.26 million.
April 10 -
WesBanco Inc. of Wheeling, W.Va., said it would take a first-quarter after-tax charge of $4.9 million as part of a balance-sheet restructuring.
April 7 -
Coastal Bancshares Acquisition Corp. of Houston announced Thursday it had agreed to buy Intercontinental Bank Shares Corp. in San Antonio for $16.8 million in cash.
April 7 - California
Western Alliance Bancorp in Las Vegas is teaming up with an investor group to start a bank in Oakland, Calif.
April 7 -
Commerce Bancshares Inc. in Kansas City, Mo., announced Wednesday that it had agreed to buy Boone National Savings and Loan Association in Columbia, Mo., for roughly $31 million in cash.
April 6 - New York
The chief executive of New York’s Carver Bancorp Inc. says its deal for a small Brooklyn bank would instantly establish Carver as a commercial lender and help it stand its ground against larger banks continuing to enter inner-city neighborhoods.
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The largest commercial bank headquartered in Florida got a rare "needs to improve" rating on its Community Reinvestment Act examination, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Wednesday.
April 6 -
- Pennsylvania
Centra Financial Holdings Inc. in Morgantown, W.Va., is nearing a deal to buy the $236 million-asset Smithfield State Bank in Pennsylvania, Centra's chairman and chief executive officer, Douglas J. Leech, said Tuesday.
April 5 -
Bank lobbyists are staying on the sidelines of the immigration-reform debate, but individual bankers are watching the action in Washington with keen interest.
April 5 -
Union State Bank in Arkansas City, Kan., has agreed to buy the State Bank in Winfield.
April 4 -
WASHINGTON - A Senate subcommittee that has been examining the effectiveness of government agencies will take a close look this week at the embattled Small Business Administration.
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