Community banking

Bank First in Wisconsin to buy neighboring lender

11/22/19

The company will pay nearly $33 million for Tomah Bancshares to boost its operations in Wisconsin's Monroe County.

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Organizers plan de novo bank in Tennessee

11/22/19

Hamp Johnston, a former market executive at JPMorgan Chase, would serve as RockPoint Bank's president and CEO. The bank would be based in Chattanooga.

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Banks top credit unions in customer satisfaction, survey finds

11/21/19

New American Customer Satisfaction Index data shows consumers slightly favored banks, which are benefiting from investments in technology.

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Community bankers fear Google and Amazon over big banks: Survey

11/21/19

Nearly one in four bankers said that the tech giants pose the biggest competitive threat in the long term. But are those fears warranted?

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Seacoast in Fla. revisits familiar territory with First Bank purchase

11/20/19

The deal is Seacoast's third acquisition of a bank with operations in Palm Beach County.

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Westamerica once again eyeing M&A, CEO says

11/19/19

The once-acquisitive company appears ready to come off the sidelines, but will it be as a buyer or seller?

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Now that script's been flipped, will more banks buy credit unions?

11/19/19

An Indiana bank is looking to complete the first outright purchase of a credit union since the financial crisis. Though hurdles exist, some industry observers say more such deals are doable.

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It's a seller's market in the Carolinas

11/18/19

United Bankshares in West Virginia was willing to pay a healthy premium for Carolina Financial, one of a dwindling number of available banks with more than $4 billion in assets.

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United in W.Va. to make big Carolinas push with latest bank deal

11/18/19

The company will pay $1.1 billion for Carolina Financial in Charleston, S.C., in a deal that will add nearly $5 billion in assets.

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Google-Citi deal could break the ice; bill calls for bank cooperation on guns

11/18/19

It’s only a matter of time before Silicon Valley “overturns more complex banking functions”; banks would have to help FinCEN identify suspicious firearms sales.

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