Community banking
Community banking
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EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., (EVER) announced Monday it is opening a commercial real estate lending office in Houston.
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American Bank Center in Dickinson, N.D., has agreed to buy Community First Bank of Glendive in Montana.
July 1 - Virginia
The companies announced last week an agreement to merge Acacia into Stifel Bank and Trust, the investment bank and brokerage's $3.9 billion-asset bank. The terms were not disclosed.
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As the Federal Reserve Board gets set to vote on a final package of Basel III capital rules at a meeting Tuesday, it remains unclear just how far regulators will go to placate community bankers outraged by the proposal offered last year.
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Mutual thrift defections from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency should decline now that once-nervous bankers have gotten a chance to get familiar with the regulator.
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BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., started making acquisitions in the Carolinas three years ago, with private-equity help. Now it can afford to take its time and digest while other banks feel pressure to buy.
July 1 -
The president and chief executive of Sierra Vista Bank (SVBA) in Folsom, Calif., has stepped down.
July 1 -
Frost Bank's Dick Evans discusses his strategy, in a highly competitive lending market, for competing on price without taking on undue risk.
July 1 -
Continuing its string of acquisitions in its home state, Prosperity Bancshares in Houston has agreed to buy FVNB Corp. in Victoria, Texas.
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First PacTrust Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., has raised $50.9 million through a common stock offering.
July 1 -
A consortium of Mexican investors led by former Banco Popular executive Roberto Herencia has completed its recapitalization of Metropolitan Bank Group in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business reported.
June 28 -
FNB United in Asheboro, N.C., announced Friday that its planned name change to CommunityOne Bancorp will take effect Monday.
June 28 -
Mary Lynn Lenz, who recently became CEO of Foothills Bank, was involved with the 2010 sale of Professional Business Bank in California.
June 28 -
A veteran banking regulator has been promoted to become the commissioner of Georgias Department of Banking and Finance.
June 28 -
Despite a drop in truth in lending lawsuits, industry executives fear that new regulations and the emergence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could prompt a revival in disclosure-related lawsuits.
June 28 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in May issued enforcement orders against eight banks and freed 14 others from prior orders as part of a series of actions released Friday.
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A former bishop of a Mormon church in Connecticut was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for running a fraud scheme that roped in a participant in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Provident New York Bancorp (PBNY) will raise $100 million through a debt offering.
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After less than a year on the job, BNC Financial CEO Peyton Patterson is looking at new markets, products and a plan to bring in up to $50 million in capital.
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The $3.5 billion asset company will invest in Religare Enterprises, an Indian firm that is applying for a banking license in India, Customers said Thursday. It will spread the investment out over the next 18 months.
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