Colorado

Colorado voters approve 36% interest cap on payday loans

11/07/18

The passage of Proposition 111, which also prohibits lenders from adding origination and monthly maintenance fees, makes Colorado the fifth state to impose caps on payday loans through a voter referendum.

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BOK rebranding in Arizona, Colorado in wake of CoBiz purchase

10/03/18

The regional bank is putting its corporate stamp on branches in the two states.

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How to tell if you're banking a pot business

08/24/18

Many financial institutions are unaware that they're banking marijuana-related businesses, pot bankers and regtech experts say.

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Sunflower Bank in Denver forms structured finance group

08/15/18

The division, created after Sunflower hired lenders away from other banks, will focus on asset-based lending to middle-market companies and investors.

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The stock blip that changed a bank’s future

08/13/18

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.

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Denver bank becomes latest institution to go public

07/09/18

First Western Financial in Denver could use the roughly $31 million it is hoping to raise to pay off debt and redeem preferred shares.

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Investor group buys Raton Capital in New Mexico

06/27/18

Management at the recently formed InBankshares hopes to expand in Denver by capitalizing on disruption from consolidation in the market.

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Bank IPO market stays hot with two more filings

06/20/18

First Western in Colorado and Coastal Financial in Washington are the latest banks to disclose plans to go public.

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Can BOK Financial make one of the year's priciest M&A deals work?

06/18/18

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions.

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BOK Financial to buy CoBiz Financial for nearly $1 billion

06/18/18

The deal for the Denver commercial lender joins a growing list of large acquisitions being announced in competitive urban markets.

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