Community banking

Judges recently ordered two banks to pay the legal fees for activist investors after certain roadblocks backfired. Their missteps can serve as a lesson for other skittish institutions.

Stephen Calk is in the national media glare because his small Chicago-based bank made two enormous loans to Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign manager and a key figure in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Here’s a look at his career and how he ended up in this spot.

Harrison Finance has 35 offices, nearly 140 employees and about $95 million of outstanding loans.

Organizers aiming to open a de novo just outside Charlotte say there's a need for a new community bank after several years of consolidation in the market.

The company will still use the building for its main office, but it will move its administrative staff to another building.