Community banking
Community banking
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The online TV giant will start by moving $25 million to a fund that invests in minority-run financial institutions that serve low-income communities and depositing $10 million into Hope Credit Union in Jackson, Miss.
June 30 -
Bank consolidation has been stagnant since the pandemic hit, and the outlook for the rest of the year is bleak.
June 29 -
The company said it had cut 20 positions and found a way to shed 35,000 square feet of office space by the end of 2020.
June 29 -
Eric Luse, who co-founded the Luse Gorman law firm, helped Community Bank Shares of Indiana create the first MHC in the early 1990s.
June 29 -
The Loan Source, the nonbank lender buying the Paycheck Protection Program loans, has similar deals in place with other lenders.
June 26 -
Arbor Bancorp and FNBH Bancorp said the pandemic had created uncertainty about the regulatory process for securing approval for the deal.
June 25 -
The movement encouraging investment in banks run by African American management teams gained huge momentum in recent weeks, but a spat between one of those lenders and an activist investor highlights the potential downside.
June 24 -
Bankers’ criticism that the expanded designation would bolster the largest credit unions is misguided.
June 23 -
John Corbett says building scale, lowering costs and strengthening technology offerings have become more critical for banks to stay competitive.
June 22 -
Business owners are changing banks at three times normal levels, a trend researchers attribute to their difficulty in obtaining emergency loans. If the forgiveness stage of the Paycheck Protection Program proves arduous, that rate could climb much higher.
June 21 -
CBTX in Houston must develop policies and procedures, along with a training program, to address deficiencies in its bank's compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.
June 19 -
Worried about a lack of demand and that some of their customers are ineligible, community banks are still on the fence about participating in the effort to back loans for businesses recovering from the pandemic crisis.
June 19 -
Kennebec Savings Bank will have $1.3 billion in assets after it absorbs Kennebec Federal Savings and Loan Association of Waterville.
June 19 -
The Delaware company said it received $22 million in net proceeds after selling 360,000 class B shares.
June 18 -
Eastern Bank in Boston could raise as much as $1.7 billion to spend on acquisitions and technology investments that it says will be necessary to respond to customers' increasing preference for digital tools.
June 18 -
A decision that expands the low-income definition to all active-duty military personnel will only enable large credit unions to push out smaller competitors, removing choice for people in the military.
June 18 -
Delmarva Bancshares, which was on the brink of failure during the financial crisis, will be sold to BV Financial for $54 million.
June 18 -
The legislation would aim to address concerns that the current policy is outdated by establishing a new regime to limit asset growth for banks that are not well-capitalized.
June 17 -
Chuck Shaffer will take the helm in December, becoming the first leader outside of the Hudson family since the bank's formation in 1926.
June 15 -
Peoples Bank in Arkansas and Main Street Bank in Massachusetts are getting smarter about spotting suspicious transactions tied to unemployment benefit fraud as well as warning customers what to watch out for.
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