Community banking
Community banking
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The Michigan company had been operating under the supervisory agreement since 2010.
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Craig Kauffman had been a regional executive for Susquehanna Bancshares and BB&T.
August 17 -
Jacobs Asset Management, which expressed frustration over a slow turnaround at MidSouth, said it could launch a proxy battle at next year's annual meeting.
August 17 -
Banks and credit unions — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.
August 16 -
Ratings firms and mutual funds are seeing greater value in community banks because of their simplicity and local connections.
August 16 -
BBVA Compass said on Wednesday that it was partnering with the broker-dealer Brean Capital to offer a variety of capital and investment banking services for community banks and correspondent banks.
August 16 -
The division, created after Sunflower hired lenders away from other banks, will focus on asset-based lending to middle-market companies and investors.
August 15 -
The veteran banking attorney, who also worked at the FDIC and OCC, passed away Tuesday following a battle with cancer.
August 15 -
It's a fickle industry, given the uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act and government reimbursements, but opportunities in lending to medical practices and device manufacturers make it hard to resist, bankers say.
August 15 -
Banks — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.
August 15 -
Legacy tech vendors have traditionally offered decadelong contracts. But given constant change in the industry, small banks today should push for three-year deals, a bank CEO says.
August 14 -
The companies had been unable to secure regulatory approval for the deal, which was announced a year ago.
August 14 -
Keith Mestrich, who runs the union-founded bank, plans to use a more liquid stock to pursue acquisitions in cities such as Boston, Seattle and Los Angeles.
August 14 -
BayCom in Walnut Creek, Calif., would have a bigger presence in the Albuquerque area after buying Bethlehem Financial.
August 13 -
Guaranty Bancorp could have had a different owner if not for a suitor’s ill-timed stock hiccup that gave a rival the upper hand.
August 13 -
The transaction was set up to give Mercantil more autonomy to expand in South Florida, Houston and New York.
August 13 -
Steve Calk, the head of The Federal Savings Bank, was a "co-conspirator" in an effort to defraud the Chicago bank, a prosecutor said at the trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. Could Calk be charged with a crime?
August 13 -
Stephen Calk, the CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, expedited approval of a mortgage to the onetime Trump campaign chair in hopes of winning a job as Treasury secretary or housing secretary, a former bank employee testified Friday.
August 10 -
Merger announcements typically follow a tried-and-true formula of cutting costs to boost profit. WSFS, however, plans to reinvest $32 million in new tech initiatives after buying Beneficial.
August 10 -
Customers Bancorp said Flagship Community Bank has temporarily withdrawn its application with the FDIC to acquire the digital bank.
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