Community banking

Private investor to buy Florida bank

07/16/18

P. Byron DeFoor, who already has majority stakes in two community banks, is planning to buy First Columbia Bancorp.

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Oft-overlooked SBA program appears poised for comeback

07/12/18

While the Small Business Investment Companies program has reported disappointing results since its 2015 peak, participating funds are getting more looks from curious bankers.

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ConnectOne bolsters New York operations with Greater Hudson deal

07/12/18

The New Jersey company will pay $76 million for a bank with a low loan-to-deposit ratio and an SBA lending platform.

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City Holding agrees to buy pair of Kentucky banks

07/12/18

The West Virginia company will pay a total of $118 million for Poage Bankshares and Farmers Deposit Bancorp.

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Streak of zero bank failures can only last so long

07/11/18

Economic cycles do turn, eventually. And it is inevitable that the industry will fall victim to a new approach to banking that will fall flat in a downturn.

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Group applies to open minority-owned bank in Washington

07/11/18

Moxy Bank would focus on low- and moderate-income depositors in the nation's capital, while operating a lending platform in North Carolina.

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The Bancorp in Del. sells retirement account portfolio

07/10/18

The sale includes 160,000 accounts and more than $400 million in deposits.

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Factoring deal is diversification play for Axiom

07/10/18

The Orlando, Fla., bank has bought Allied Affiliated Funding in Dallas in an effort to branch out beyond traditional commercial and consumer lending.

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N.Y. bank faces activist threat from a former executive

07/10/18

A former chief financial officer at Hanover Bancorp is trying to separate the roles of chairman and CEO as part of a sweeping demand for change.

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Flagstar snags Regions exec to oversee growing branch network

07/10/18

Flagstar Bank, which is in the process of buying more than 50 branches from Wells Fargo, has hired Ryan Goldberg as a director of retail banking.

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