Community banking
Community banking
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Blue Lion Capital, which is upset with the Seattle company's growth strategy, also wants to replace two of the company's directors.
February 26 -
Judges recently ordered two banks to pay the legal fees for activist investors after certain roadblocks backfired. Their missteps can serve as a lesson for other skittish institutions.
February 26 -
Carson Lappetito has a long history of working with firms tied to Eric Hovde, chairman and CEO of Sunwest's holding company.
February 23 -
Stephen Calk is in the national media glare because his small Chicago-based bank made two enormous loans to Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign manager. Here’s a look at Calk's career and how he ended up in this spot.
February 23 -
The Boston mutual, which lost its innovation team when it spun off Numerated last year, has hired a State Street executive to oversee a plan to encourage all employees to be more creative.
February 23 -
Harrison Finance has 35 offices, nearly 140 employees and about $95 million of outstanding loans.
February 22 -
Facing pressure to act on gun control laws, the bank said it would not "renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa card."
February 22 -
Organizers aiming to open a de novo just outside Charlotte say there's a need for a new community bank after several years of consolidation in the market.
February 22 -
Stilwell Group and Jeffrey Thorp will gain board seats in exchange for a vow to refrain from waging proxy battles against MB Bancorp.
February 22 -
The company will still use the building for its main office, but it will move its administrative staff to another building.
February 22 -
The Chicago bank is denying a report that its CEO, Steve Calk, made $16 million in mortgage loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for a job in the White House.
February 21 -
The Puerto Rico-based bank failed in 2015. The FDIC, its receiver, is seeking unspecified economic and punitive damages from 16 lenders, including Bank of America, Barclays and Credit Suisse.
February 21 -
Bank consolidation in the city has picked up in recent months despite erratic oil prices and flooding tied to Hurricane Harvey.
February 21 -
The internet giant, SunTrust, Ally and other backers have invested $16 million in a new funding round for Greenlight Financial Technology, further blurring the lines between banks and tech companies.
February 21 -
The Michigan company has been acquisitive lately, buying California branches and a wealth advisory firm.
February 21 -
First Citizens, which wants to buy KS Bancorp, has filed a lawsuit to challenge a so-called poison pill provision that the much smaller bank's board recently passed.
February 21 -
Choice, which has a history of acquisitions, is buying a financial institution that largely focuses on business banking.
February 20 -
Superior Choice Credit Union's deal for Dairyland State Bank in Wisconsin is the second such deal announced this year.
February 20 -
Bob Rivers, CEO of Eastern Bank, was praised and criticized after he called out a Boston sports radio station whose on-air personalities made insensitive remarks. The incident underscores why bankers must be mindful about the positions they take.
February 20 -
The company could use proceeds from the planned offering to add branches and make bigger loans.
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