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Behind the Southeast’s bank M&A heat wave

07/10/17

The region is responsible for a third of all bank sellers — and more than half of the industry's overall deal volume.

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Entegra in N.C. expanding in Georgia with latest bank deal

06/28/17

The North Carolina company's purchase of Chattahoochee Bank will add a branch and loan production office to its existing operations in northern Georgia.

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United is latest out-of-state acquirer to enter North Carolina

06/27/17

The Georgia bank will pay $124 million for Four Oaks Fincorp, buying a bank with a large operation in Raleigh, N.C.

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What’s in store for the nation’s newest regional bank

06/16/17

Pinnacle Financial Partners closed in on $20 billion in assets by buying BNC. It now has to integrate the North Carolina bank, while finding ways to boost profit and adapt to increased regulatory burden.

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State Bank in Ga. to enter asset-based lending with AloStar purchase

06/15/17

AloStar, based in Birmingham, Ala., was formed following the 2011 failure of Nexity Bank.

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A big bet on Atlanta by Charter Financial

06/02/17

More than half of the company's loans and deposits would be in the Atlanta area after it buys Resurgens Bancorp.

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State Bank in Atlanta lines up next CEO

04/27/17

Joseph Evans will step down as CEO on June 1, though he will remain the company's chairman. Thomas Wiley, a longtime associate of Evans, is set to take the helm.

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Revenue rises 7% at SunTrust

04/21/17

The Atlanta company's profits rose on stronger net interest income and investment banking income as well as a tax maneuver.

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United Community hires KBW bank analyst as CFO

04/17/17

Jefferson Harralson, the Georgia company's new chief financial officer, had covered banks at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods for 15 years.

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Fidelity Southern names new CEO for its bank

03/17/17

H. Palmer Proctor has been the Atlanta company's president since 2004.

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