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Most Efficient Bank Holding Companies

05/21/18

Year to date through Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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Banks are sitting ducks for ADA lawsuits

05/21/18

Several dozen banks have been accused of operating websites that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here’s why trial lawyers are targeting them and are expected to sue more.

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South Carolina merger to create $500M-asset bank

05/21/18

Citizens Bancshares has agreed to buy Regional Bankshares for $11 million.

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Banks to get another Volcker Rule win as hedging demands eased

05/21/18

Combined with another key change that would give banks more leeway in trading, the revisions on hedging could further blunt the impact of the rule named after a former Fed chairman.

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SouthCrest in Georgia sells largest foreclosed property

05/21/18

The company has also hit its goal of having half of total loans tied to customers around Atlanta.

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Iberiabank in La. to close or sell 22 branches

05/21/18

The company said the move would help it become more efficient at a time when clients are making greater use of digital channels.

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Banks might not have long to cheer for reg relief

05/21/18

While reform legislation for banks is just around the corner, market signals suggest the economy could be headed toward another downturn.

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Commercial lending squeeze play; banks' 'militarized' cyber efforts

05/21/18

Banks feeling the pressure in commerical lending from lightly-regulated, cash-flush competitors; financial institutions take "an increasingly militarized approach" to fighting cybercrime.

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Welcome (Back) to Patricia McCoy

05/21/18

Credit Slips is pleased to welcome back Professor Patricia McCoy as a guest blogger. Professor McCoy is the Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. She is a nationally known scholar, writing in the area of consumer financial regulation area. Professor McCoy worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during its earliest days, and I understand some of her guest posts will offer her perspective on the current state of the CFPB. We look forward to her contributions.

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Fifth Third makes major return to bank M&A

05/21/18

The company has agreed to pay nearly $5 billion for MB Financial in a deal that will provide immediate scale in Chicago.

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