De novo institutions

Brokerage firm pursuing Utah industrial bank charter

11/05/19

A group affiliated with Interactive Brokerage Group has filed an application with the FDIC to form Interactive Bank.

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Organizers file to form Arizona de novo with underbanked focus

11/04/19

Verdigris Bank would also rely heavily on technology as part of its business plan.

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14 years after Walmart, banks face a new ILC bogeyman

10/24/19

The Rakuten application has opened another front in the battle over nonfinancial companies' ownership of banks.

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Group applies to form bank in Ohio

10/16/19

The application for Riverside Bank of Dublin comes just six months after another group opened a bank in a nearby market.

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Executives at Miami-area microlender apply to form a bank

10/10/19

OUR Community Bank would focus on small-business loans with an emphasis on underserved Hispanic and Latino communities in South Florida.

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It's not enough to fix the de novo application process

10/09/19

Even with the FDIC actively encouraging groups to start banks, challenges like raising capital and low interest rates make it tough.

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North Carolina bank has a new headquarters and brand

10/02/19

Sound Bank is now Dogwood State Bank after its sale to an investor group. The buyers also moved Dogwoods State's corporate offices from eastern North Carolina to the state's capital.

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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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Most Powerful Women in Banking, standout fintechs, Corbat on gender pay gap: Top stories of the week

09/27/19

Cathy Bessant, BofA’s chief operations officer, is the Most Powerful Woman in Banking; 6 standout fintechs at Finovate 2019; the Citi CEO says gender pay gap is ‘a challenge we need to tackle together’; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

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What's grounding so many de novos?

09/25/19

Regulators may be willing to grant new charters, but economic uncertainties, capital hurdles and inexperience have led the organizers of numerous bank startups to give up in the last few years.

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