Community banking
Community banking
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America's Community Bankers and Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. have announced that intraday price quotes are now available for the trade group's Nasdaq index.
August 13 -
With seven weeks left in its fiscal year, the Small Business Administration has surpassed last year's 7(a) loan record.
August 13 - New Jersey
Gerald Banmiller considers 1st Colonial National Bank in Collingswood, N.J., a "pristine little environment."
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The Federal Reserve Board's plan to limit the amount of nonvoting stock that banks may count as Tier 1 capital would weaken the specialized ownership of minority-owned and family-owned banks, critics of the plan say.
August 13 - North Carolina
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. is taking its brand of disciplined expansion to faster-growing markets: Dallas first, then Charlotte.
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What Gold Banc Corp. would give for one reassuring phone call.
August 11 - California
County Bank, a California community bank whose parent has $1.3 billion of assets, says it has started a wealth management division and opened an office in Fresno to offer one-on-one service to millionaires.
August 11 -
Virtually every top bank executive will tell you that just about the toughest part of the job is firing people.
August 11 -
Gold Banc Corp.'s agreement to pay $16 million to settle a suit claiming it overcharged agricultural borrowers will probably force a revision in its $672 million deal to sell itself to an investor group.
August 10 -
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Amcore Financial Inc. of Rockford, Ill., announced Monday that it plans to spend $55 million to further its branch expansion.
August 10 - North Carolina
About 30 miles north of Charlotte, the home of some of the nation’s largest banks, is the former textile town of Mooresville, N.C., which most banks largely ignored — until recently.
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A Native American banking group wants more tribes to start their own banks, and it is bringing that message to the people.
August 9 -
International Bancshares Corp. of Laredo, Tex., reported second-quarter earnings of $26.2 million, 6.9% less than a year earlier.
August 9 -
Shareholders of Sobieski Bancorp of South Bend, Ind., have approved its sale to $ 428-million MFB Corp. of Mishawka, Ind.
August 9 -
Deal activity in banking has been hot lately, but a continued decline in bank stocks is eroding the takeover premiums built into the prices of potential targets.
August 9 -
Wachovia Corp. and SouthTrust Corp. said Thursday that they would make $75 billion in community loans and investments in nine southeastern states over five years after they merge later this year.
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S.Y. Bancorp Inc. of Louisville announced Thursday that it had agreed to buy 9.9% of Indiana Business Bank, an Indianapolis start-up expected to open by yearend.
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