Community banking

Cypress Trust in Fla. to buy CenterState's personal trust business

12/11/17

The deal includes roughly 120 client relationships. Employees in CenterState's trust department will join Cypress Trust.

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Inside black-owned bank's plan to stay relevant and cause driven

12/11/17

OneUnited is trimming branches and expanding digital offerings as it builds its brand as a backer of social justice that develops innovative products such as a Black-Lives-Matter-themed debit card.

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Investor group to buy correspondent bank in Maryland

12/11/17

MFA Acquisition, which plans to keep Maryland Financial Bank's name, wants to add more products and services after the deal closes.

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How reg relief bill could help rural underbanked

12/11/17

House and Senate bills contain a provision that would let financial firms in all states use digital scans of photo IDs to verify identities of prospective customers. That could ease the account-opening process for consumers in areas where branches are few and far between.

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PacWest in Calif. to exit general cash flow lending

12/11/17

The Los Angeles company will sell $1.6 billion in loans, largely tied to technology and health care, by the end of this year.

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Building up in Baltimore, and mastering the London Stock Exchange

12/08/17

Howard Bank’s Mary Ann Scully brings hometown banking back to the Charm City; Blythe Masters is a candidate to lead the London Stock Exchange; law professor Tamar Frankel is still shaking up Wall Street, even at 92.

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Group files application to form bank in Alabama

12/08/17

The proposed CommerceOne Bank in Birmingham, Ala., would be run by former executives at First Partners Bank, which was sold earlier this year.

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This bank's sale was a team effort

12/08/17

Alpine Bancorp. in Illinois made its sale a highly inclusive process, forming a special evaluation team of senior leaders to help top management review offers.

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Investors Bancorp in N.J. to cut roughly 100 jobs, close six branches

12/07/17

The company has been working to address an informal agreement with regulators tied to Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

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OCC allows banks in Calf. to close branches in wildfire-hit counties

12/07/17

The fires are raging in Los Angeles and Venture counties, prompting a state of emergency by California's governor.

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