Community banking

The social media furor after a powerful congressman targeted a community bank exec underscores the difficulties of managing in the current partisan political climate.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., has replaced earlier plans for a typical stock sale with an at-the-market program.

The OCC recently gave Sterling a 'satisfactory' rating and said the New York bank had addressed some concerns by the Fed that had leaked to the public and raised questions about its pending M&A deal.

The NCUA aims to give credit unions access to in-person hearings with its governing board. Such an opportunity is lacking at federal bank regulators.

Bankers have conversations daily with clients, public officials and friends who don’t necessarily see the benefits that banking locally provides.