Community banking
Community banking
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First United Corp. in Oakland, Md., has named Carissa Rodeheaver chairman and chief executive.
December 18 -
Bay Bancorp in Columbia, Md., has agreed to buy Hopkins Bancorp in Pikesville, Md., for $23.8 million in cash.
December 18 -
Boston Private Financial Holdings has appointed its chief executive, Clayton Deutsch, as CEO of its bank subsidiary, Boston Private Bank & Trust.
December 18 -
Three banks have redeemed shares of preferred stock to make their exits from the Small Business Lending Fund.
December 18 -
Hancock Holding's decision to significantly raise its allowance for energy loan losses reveals that oil-related issues could last longer and cut deeper than what bankers had originally forecast.
December 18 -
Banks have all the experience they need to remain relevant in the world of digital payments, but they must not sit idly by as a slew of disruptors look to snag the business.
December 18 -
The $4.8 billion-asset holding company for Southside Bank gave Lee Gibson the additional titles of president of both the holding company and Southside Bank.
December 18 -
The $560 million-asset holding company for SouthCrest Bank did not provide a reason for Kenneth Maloy's departure.
December 18 -
Northwest Bancorp. in Spokane, Wash., has announced that Chief Executive Randall Fewel will retire at the end of the year.
December 18 -
Carver Bancorp in New York, like many community banks, seems to be back on track after surviving the financial crisis. But the company, and CEO Michael Pugh, have an new objective - figuring out how to stay relevant with younger customers.
December 18 -
Atlantic Capital Bancshares in Atlanta has agreed to sell seven branches in Tennessee in two separate deals.
December 18 -
De novo activity has remained at a trickle and the reason is investing in a new bank just isn't attractive as it used to be.
December 18 -
The $350 million-asset Pacific Commerce said in a press release Thursday that it will pay $10.50 a share in cash and stock for the $211 million-asset ProAmerica.
December 17 -
The $3.4 billion-asset holding company for Five Star Bank received a letter on Wednesday from Clover Partners' managing director, Johnny Guerry, saying management has made the wrong decision on two recent deals. Clover owns about 5.2% of Financial Institutions.
December 17 -
TriState Capital Holdings in Pittsburgh has agreed to buy asset management firm Killen Group in Berwyn, Pa., for between $30 million to $35 million in cash, based on conditions tied to the asset manager's cash flow.
December 17 -
Ramamurthi has transformed a 123-year-old institution with one branch serving a dusty Kansas town into a seedbed for disruptive financial technology not to mention a wildly profitable generator of fee income.
December 17 -
TowneBank in Suffolk, Va., has agreed to buy Monarch Financial Holdings in Chesapeake, Va., for $220.6 million in stock.
December 17 -
Now is not the time for the Federal Housing Administration which has stayed strong amid turmoil to reduce its market share.
December 17 -
Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has withdrawn its proposal to merge with BBCN Bancorp. Hanmi said in a press release Thursday that its decision follows BBCN's agreement to buy Wilshire Bancorp.
December 17 -
First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., has agreed to buy Bankingpoint, an insurance agency in Sanford, N.C.
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