Community banking
Community banking
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Foundation Bancorp in Bellevue, Wash., is searching for a new chief executive. The company said in a press release Tuesday that Diane Dewbrey resigned a day earlier "to pursue other interests."
October 20 -
Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., reported higher quarterly earnings that reflected an increase in fee income and cost control.
October 20 -
Regal Bank in Livingston, N.J., has agreed to buy Community First Bank in Somerset, N.J.
October 20 -
From interest rate risk to C-suite and boardroom diversity to succession planning, community bankers need to be acutely tuned in to a combination of global and domestic factors that are changing their world at an unprecedented pace.
October 20 -
Mortgage servicers have gotten a rare reprieve from the Federal Housing Administration.
October 20 -
Revere Bank in Laurel, Md., has agreed to buy BlueRidge Bank in Frederick, Md.
October 19 -
Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., is set to catapult over $10 billion in assets after agreeing to buy Community & Southern Holdings in Atlanta.
October 19 -
Merger-related expenses took a nearly $6 million bite out of third-quarter earnings at Wintrust Financial in Rosemont, Ill., but its chief executive predicted several recently completed deals will pay off sooner than anticipated.
October 19 -
Community banks, frustrated that online and email marketing often gets overlooked, are trying to get people to engage with local businesses in hopes of landing more clients.
October 19 - Pennsylvania
Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh has named James McQuade its CEO-in-waiting. McQuade will succeed Robert Oeler on Nov. 1 as president of the $7.2 billion-asset mutual thrift, and then will become CEO some time next year, when Oeler retires from that position.
October 19 -
Even if Operation Choke Point officially ended, U.S. regulators have continued to apply the policy of threatening investigations and ruinous fines against banks that service "high-risk" customers in disfavored industries.
October 19 - California
Communities First Financial in Fresno, Calif., has a new chief executive.
October 16 -
Investar Holding in Baton Rouge, La., has made a series of changes to its executive ranks.
October 16 -
The agency's staff is already working on a new regulation that would easing access to capital, an issue that makes bankers very nervous.
October 16 - California
BofI Holding in San Diego is poised to end a tumultuous week, after a lawsuit accusing it of lax controls sent investors scurrying.
October 16 -
Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., reported a higher third-quarter profit on growth in deposit and loan fees related to its acquisition of health savings accounts.
October 16 -
Sound growth plans, not quirks of geography, define this years class of community bank all-stars.
October 16 - California
PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles reported a higher third-quarter profit, citing new lending and lower expenses.
October 15 -
NCAL Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy Commercial Bank of California in Los Angeles.
October 15 -
Craig Dahl has played a key role transforming the Minnesota company from a local lender driven by fees to one with national lending platforms. He discusses those moves, and the future of banking, in a wide-ranging interview.
October 15



