Community banking
Community banking
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The Delaware company recently learned of a disputed transaction that could take a bite out of future earnings.
October 25 -
The New York company will enter Suffolk County after it buys Empire Bancorp.
October 25 -
The National Credit Union Administration has unveiled a proposal to address a federal judge's concerns that its 2016 field-of-membership overhaul could discourage lending in low-income areas.
October 24 -
Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, who will leave the company at the end of the month, has raised net profit and lowered costs by revamping its technology and culture.
October 24 -
Midsize players like BankUnited, BOK and Fulton Financial plan to rely on selective M&A, catering to niches overlooked by big banks, aggressive recruitment of commercial lenders and other strategies to stimulate revenue growth.
October 23 -
Executives say they are passing on more loans as bank and nonbank competitors cut rates and forgo traditional safeguards.
October 23 -
The Tennessee company has agreed to buy First Advantage, which specializes in financing manufactured housing purchases.
October 23 -
Centreville Bank will pay $116 million in cash for PB Bancorp.
October 22 -
The company agreed to buy Steuben Trust for $107 million.
October 22 -
The $32 million merger will create a bank with nearly $1 billion in assets.
October 22 -
Complaints that banks, credit unions and nonbanks compete on an uneven playing field should be heard, just as community banks must take seriously the threats from high-tech rivals, says Julie Stackhouse, a retiring supervision official at the St. Louis Fed.
October 21 -
The group's Wake Up initiative will include legislative and regulatory proposals, along with added resources to help members push for a level playing field.
October 21 -
Malaga Financial has no intention of diversifying its portfolio despite heavier competition and potential funding challenges.
October 20 -
The two agencies requested comment on the scorecard regulators use to assess a bank's overall health as some question whether ratings are consistently applied.
October 18 -
Tom Lopp will succeed Gary Judd at the end of November.
October 18 -
The Senate Banking Committee chairman said he wants to revise legislation enabling banks to serve marijuana businesses to ensure it does not benefit vaping providers that have sparked safety concerns.
October 17 -
The four prudential agencies, which will enforce the new credit loss methodology developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, said they want to promote consistency.
October 17 -
Employee programs need to embrace a wide range of groups including women, minorities and the LGBTQ community.
October 17 -
Bank groups that lobbied unsuccessfully for the rent waivers credit unions receive now back a bill that would create equal rates for both industries.
October 16 -
The accounting board delayed implementation for the majority of banks and credit unions until 2023.
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