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Ken LaRoe, whose First Green Bancorp was sold a few years ago, is seeking approval for a de novo called Climate First Bank that would cater to low-income communities hurt by climate change and favor ecology-minded tech vendors.
February 10 -
Protego Trust Bank in Seattle will focus on providing custody services for investors that hold digital assets. The OCC decision comes weeks after the agency granted permission to a South Dakota trust company to offer crypto-related services.
February 5 -
A group led by Stephen Gordon has received conditional approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to open Genesis Bank.
February 3 -
Organizers have been working raising capital and preparing an application for about four years.
January 28 -
Organizers of First Bank of Central Ohio will need to raise $20 million before it opens.
January 11 -
Triad Business Bank opened in North Carolina shortly before the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program, which brought in many clients. CEO Ramsey Hamadi, one of our community bankers to watch in 2021, will have to work hard to retain them after their loans are forgiven.
December 30 -
Organizers of the proposed Legacy Bank must raise $25 million before opening.
December 24 -
Waterfall Bank, which has ties to an investment group that handles affairs for family offices, would be based in the Tampa Bay area.
December 15 -
CEO Wendy Cai-Lee says Piermont Bank can do it all for financial technology firms: be their commercial banker, be their banking-as-a-service provider and develop APIs and other cutting-edge products for them.
November 24 -
American Challenger Bank would offer consumer and commercial products using technology from Temenos. Organizers recently applied with the FDIC for deposit insurance.
November 19