Community banking
Community banking
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First Commercial Bancshares will to sell a branch in Norman, Oklahoma. The Edmond, Okla., company has been focusing more on Colorado, where it has four branches.
September 13 -
The Santa Rosa, Calif., thrift is the latest lender to be targeted by the Justice Department for allegedly discriminating against minorities.
September 13 -
Citizens Republic had been rumored to be on the block for several weeks. Analysts are also calling the deal significant, but pricey, for FirstMerit.
September 13 -
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a candidate to assume control of the House Financial Services Committee next year, sharply criticized the Dodd-Frank Act, saying it had severely damaged financial institutions.
September 12 -
WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. warned banks under its watch Wednesday about the risks of acquiring participations in loans while relying too heavily on originating institutions for the underwriting.
September 12 -
The FDIC highlighted continued use of "alternative financial services" in its second-ever survey reporting the share of households that are unbanked or underbanked.
September 12 -
Regions has retooled its wealth management operations, an effort that was partly spurred by the company's sale of Morgan Keegan earlier this year.
September 12 -
Banks as a whole continue to invest heavily in bonds issued by Fannie and Freddie, but strategic orientations vary widely across individual companies. Use this interactive graphic to see portfolio composition for big holding companies.
September 12 -
The Fed may be considering more quantitative easing or keeping interest rates artificially low. That's not what leaders of small banks want to hear.
September 12 -
Banks have to spend money to make money and avoid overreliance on acquisitions, BB&T's CEO said in discussing plans for de novo branches and other investments.
September 12 -
Leaders of small banks do not want the Fed to purchase more bonds or keep interest rates low. Instead, they want the Fed stand down and let the economy heal on its own.
September 12 -
Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) is eyeing acquisitions of community banks, but its chief executive says it has little interest in failed banks and would only consider deals within its existing markets.
September 11 -
Maryland bankers should team up and stop selling out to big, out-of-state players, says Old Line Bancshares' James Cornelsen. The choices they face say a lot about the options available to bankers across the country.
September 11 -
Republic Bancorp CEO Steve Trager sees a recent purchase of First Commercial Bank as an opportunity to grow in Minnesota, despite being 700 miles from Republic's Kentucky home.
September 11 -
Mid-America Bankshares of Baldwin City, Kan., will buy a branch from Garnett Bancshares. The deal extends a string of deals involving community banks in Kansas.
September 11 -
The FDIC can invest in the equity of teetering but salvageable banks. This would save money for the taxpayers, preserve banks that are worth preserving and send a clear message about the future of community banking.
September 11 -
BB&T signs a 10-year deal for naming rights to the former BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., home of the NHL's Florida Panthers. It is part of the spoils from the North Carolina bank's acquisition of BankAtlantic.
September 11 -
National Bank Holdings in Greenwood, Colo., plans to raise up to $180.9 million after completing an initial public offering.
September 11 -
Broadway Bank in San Antonio is continuing its growth northward with plans to open several branches around Austin, Texas.
September 11 -
Old Line Bancshares has agreed to buy WSB Holdings in a deal that will combine two banks based in Bowie, Md.
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