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Jacksonville, Fla., football fans had a strong clue that TIAA was about to rebrand its new banking unit when the signs at EverBank Field began to change.

With hurricane season just weeks away, bankers from coastal markets share the hard lessons learned after the storms that belted Florida, the Gulf Coast and elsewhere last year. Their advice can be applied in all kinds of emergencies.

The Florida bank's placement of all taxi loans on nonaccrual status in recent months strengthened its bottom line in the first quarter.

The Arkansas company's revenue increased largely due to its 2017 purchase of Stonegate Bank.

Gulfside Bank, which would be based in Sarasota, is angling to become southwest Florida's first new bank in a decade.