Community banking
Community banking
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Royal Business Bank in Los Angeles has agreed to acquire Los Angeles National Bank in Buena Park, Calif.
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Washington Federal, a $13.3 billion-asset thrift, said Thursday that it will provide $250 million over the coming five years for community development in Oregon.
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Many Hurricane Sandy-damaged businesses are back in business with one big caveat: they still can't accept credit or debit cards. That's put a focus on new payments technologies able to withstand natural disasters.
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North Jersey Community Bancorp has taken on a new identity.
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Enterprise Financial in St. Louis, Mo., has fully exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Severn Bank & Trust in Annapolis, Md., has turned to a 35-year banking veteran to be its chief lending officer.
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The Federal Reserve Board has lifted a memorandum of understanding against First M&F (FMFC) in Kosciusko, Miss.
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Too often, branch employees simply manage a transaction, when they should be focused on engaging or educating the customer to make a lasting impression.
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Securities regulators have charged three executives of a failed bank in Virginia with deceiving investors about the health of its loan portfolio at the apex of the financial crisis.
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Hanmi Financial (HAFC) has hired an investment bank to help it explore options that could include the sale of the Korean-American bank.
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Hanmi Financial Corp. (HAFC), the second-largest U.S. bank catering to Korean-Americans, is looking for a buyer and hired DelMorgan & Co. to advise on a sale, said three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Intermountain Community Bancorp (IMCB) of Sandpoint, Idaho, is now trading on Nasdaq.
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Accounting-related gains are dwindling for many acquirers of failed or troubled banks. Their alternatives include cutting costs — or buying again.
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Center Bancorp hopes it can get business referrals from the partnership, providing more evidence that banks are getting creative to generate revenue.
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A neighborhood association wants regulators to stop the company and CEO John Kanas from expanding in New York.
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Giving regulators more levers to pull and buttons to push with respect to the financial system only creates a false sense of security. The new regulatory powers come with few meaningful accountability checks.
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FirstMerit (FMER) of Akron, Ohio, has chosen a veteran banker in the upper Midwest to manage its newly acquired business in Michigan.
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Banks with Alabama ties capitalize on the home team's national championship in college football — fast.
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Bank of America's need to downsize continues to benefit small banks, as Old National acquires branches with $780 million of deposits in two states.
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Alvin Kang, the CEO of BBCN, has created the nations biggest Korean-American bank. Here are five noteworthy examples of banks where minorities own more than 51% of outstanding shares.
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