Community banking

Community Banks with the Largest Farm Loan Portfolios

06/17/19

On Mar. 31, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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Prosperity to buy LegacyTexas Bank for $2.1 billion

06/17/19

The deal, among the four biggest bank acquisitions announced this year, would make Prosperity the second-largest bank based in Texas.

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Fed essential to ensuring equal access in real-time payments

06/17/19

Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.

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Bankers rattled as nonbanks' CRE lending spikes

06/14/19

Banks fear that more competition from nonbanks in commercial real estate will drive down pricing and lead to a relaxation of terms.

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Fed publishes report on what bankers want from CRA reform

06/13/19

The central bank gathered feedback in nearly 30 roundtable discussions about regulators' efforts to modernize the 1977 law.

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United Community casts M&A net in BB&T-SunTrust strongholds

06/13/19

Lynn Harton, the Georgia bank's CEO and a 20-year BB&T veteran, is considering acquisitions in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee markets where the entity soon to be named Truist Financial has a high profile.

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First Merchants settles with Justice Department over mortgage practices

06/13/19

The Indiana company, which has an acquisition pending, will make more loans in minority neighborhoods around Indianapolis.

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Well-known bank investor to buy big stake in Sevier County Bancshares

06/12/19

Ken Lehman will gain a 40% stake in the Tennessee bank as part of a broader plan to raise $13 million.

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North Dakota bank taps insider as its next leader

06/11/19

Gate City Bank announced that Kevin Hanson, who has been at the bank for 36 years, will succeed Steve Swiontek as CEO next month.

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‘Epic’ flooding forces ag banks to lean on farm agency

06/10/19

Lenders are turning to the Farm Service Agency to backstop more loans as their Midwestern customers are beset by flooding in addition to the U.S. trade war with China and volatile crop prices. Can the FSA meet the increased demand?

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