News Topic: florida

Seacoast in Florida slashed the time it took to make 7(a) loans within months after establishing a partnership with an online lending startup. ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

Buyers are scooping up many of the market's biggest banks, making it harder for others to gain scale. ... Read full article

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

The Florida company is also set to enter Alabama as part of the $360 million purchase. ... Read full article

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

The Alabama company will enter Sarasota, Fla., after buying Premier for $52 million. ... Read full article

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

Organizers want to open the first new bank in Michigan since 2009, while a third group in Florida has filed a de novo application. ... Read full article

Achieva Credit Union, which recently formed a business to advise other acquisition-minded credit unions, has agreed to buy Preferred Community Bank. ... Read full article

A Swiss financier has agreed to buy Brickell Bank a year after another sale fell through. ... Read full article

The Florida company reported increased net income even though its loan pipelines and production were hurt by last year's storms. ... Read full article

The Florida company's fourth-quarter results included double-digit loan growth and a $328 million income tax benefit associated with recently passed tax reform. ... Read full article

The Arkansas company's earnings fell 52% from a year earlier, reflecting a higher provision, a revaluation of its deferred tax asset and higher costs following a series of bank acquisitions. ... Read full article

Endeavor Bank, which raised nearly $27 million, will become the second new bank to open in California in the past year when it debuts next week. ... Read full article

Ameris, which was operating under a regulatory order when it agreed to buy Atlantic Coast, agreed to pay more money if it failed to complete the acquisition by mid-2018. ... Read full article

The company expects to report a $15 million gain in the fourth quarter from the stock sales, which will more than offset any deferred-tax impairment tied to recently passed tax reform. ... Read full article

Banks that have flocked to the business because of higher yields and loan diversity stand to benefit if clients use tax savings to upgrade equipment. ... Read full article