News Topic: Community banking

The company had strong gains in construction lending and trust fee income, but its business lending operation had flat results. ... Read full article

Efforts to make it easier for smaller businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled by concerted expansion efforts among key regional and community banks, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending. ... Read full article

The Tupelo, Miss., company has recouped its “satisfactory” community reinvestment rating, removing a regulatory obstacle to two pending acquisitions. ... Read full article

Branches may be closing in droves, but they still play a key role in attracting and retaining customers. Here's how three banks are trying to maximize their potential. ... Read full article

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article

Millennials care about more than money. So it's important for recruiting efforts to show what bankers do for their communities. ... Read full article

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article

Business First will raise $66 million through a stock placement to help fund the deal. ... Read full article

Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models. ... Read full article

For all the anticipation that preceded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final small-dollar lending rule, a picture of how the rule will affect banks and credit unions is still quite hazy. ... Read full article

The Ohio company's CRA rating took a hit after it inadvertently overcharged some customers. ... Read full article

The company, which is still recovering from two recent hurricanes, said it will voluntary comply with several key restrictions that were in the 2010 written agreement. ... Read full article

The loan product, which allows consumers retroactively to adjust a payment amount, illustrates how community-based institutions are trying to reach technologically savvy consumers. ... Read full article

While disappointed with the CFPB's actions in recent years, bankers said they want to see a campaign platform before making a decision on the agency's director. ... Read full article

The company will pay $66 million for the parent of BloomBank. ... Read full article

Cynthia Blankenship, an executive at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, has been a regular in Washington for years fighting for regulatory changes. She is encouraging other bankers to do likewise. ... Read full article

George Sutton, now an attorney in Salt Lake City, will sit on several Glacier Bancorp committees, including audit and compliance. ... Read full article