Community banking

One community banker's plan to reach the underbanked

10/01/19

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

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Regulators can be the glue in bank-fintech partnerships: FDIC chief

10/01/19

Jelena McWilliams told community bankers that policymakers should be a resource for banks trying to adopt new technology.

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Small bank’s big digital goal: Launch 3 niche banks

10/01/19

Surety's first online bank, booyah, is aimed at college students and young grads.

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Funding costs top small banks’ list of concerns

10/01/19

More community bankers now say that cost of funds, not regulatory expense, poses the biggest threat to profits, according to a new survey.

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HBT Financial in Illinois plans IPO

10/01/19

The company could raise as much as $158 million by selling shares to the public.

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Glacier to significantly increase scale in Arizona with State Bank deal

10/01/19

The Montana will pay $135 million for a bank with 10 branches in seven Arizona markets.

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First United in Maryland faces more pressure to sell

10/01/19

A second activist investor is pushing the company's board to find a buyer.

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Columbia Banking System will promote Clint Stein to CEO

09/30/19

The transition to Stein from Hadley Robbins is the result of a multiyear succession process, the Tacoma, Wash., company said. Robbins had succeeded the late Melanie Dressel.

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Regulators grant preliminary OK to Houston de novo

09/30/19

Gulf Capital Bank has received conditional approval from state and federal officials and could be up and running late this year or early next year, its organizers say.

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High anxiety over narrowing margins

09/30/19

Bankers are expected to field numerous questions on third-quarter earnings calls about the threat of shrinking loan yields, stubbornly high deposit prices and what they're going to do about them.

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