Community banking

Bank that lent Manafort millions makes claim on his pricey real estate

11/29/18

The Federal Savings Bank is trying to persuade a judge to look beyond its CEO's alleged complicity in a fraud perpetrated by President Trump's former campaign chair.

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Community Banker of the Year: City Holding's Skip Hageboeck

11/28/18

A meticulous approach to expansion, along with an ability to produce solid results while based in a slow-growth state, explains why Hageboeck is a Best in Banking honoree.

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Spirit of Texas to enter San Antonio with Beeville purchase

11/28/18

The company will pay $64 million jn cash and stock for First Beeville Financial.

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Community Banker of the Year: WSFS Financial's Mark Turner

11/27/18

Through timely investments, opportunistic dealmaking and a laser focus on employee engagement, Turner has Wilmington, Del.-based WSFS on the cusp of becoming a regional power.

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Berkshire Hills employees sent a secret letter weeks before CEO exit

11/27/18

Michael Daly's resignation may have been precipitated by an anonymous letter last month describing the workplace as “toxic” and in dire need of change.

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Opus in Calif. parts ways with its founder

11/27/18

Stephen Gordon, who led the bank's recapitalization in 2010, is being replaced as CEO on an interim basis by former FirstMerit CEO Paul Grieg.

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People's United adds to Boston operations with BSB purchase

11/27/18

The Connecticut regional bank will pay $327 million for the parent of Belmont Savings Bank.

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Lifetime Achievement: State Bank's Joe Evans

11/26/18

Evans started off his banking career by offering cold cans of soda to farmers in the field in the hopes of earning their business. Five decades on, he's become a legend in Georgia banking circles for his prowess in building high-performing community banks and selling them for top dollar.

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Berkshire Hills CEO abruptly resigns

11/26/18

Michael Daly had been the Boston company's president and CEO since 2002. The company provided no reason for his departure.

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A bank deal two decades in the making

11/26/18

John Corbett has known the leaders of National Commerce since he helped launch CenterState in 1999. It’s a big reason CenterState is breaking from tradition to hire those executives once it buys the Alabama bank.

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