georgia

Former mutual to buy bigger bank in Atlanta

08/20/19

Community First will pay $40 million in cash for the parent of Affinity Bank.

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New Ameris chief puts M&A on hold to focus on Atlanta growth

08/08/19

Palmer Proctor, who took over at Ameris after it bought Fidelity Southern, where he was also CEO, says more deals would be a "distraction."

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Inside BB&T-SunTrust’s community reinvestment plan

07/22/19

Will the new commitment, which is 5% over what the banks have reinvested recently on their own, assuage advocacy groups' concerns about the merger?

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Synovus doubles down in Florida

07/16/19

The Georgia regional plans to open more branches in the state as it looks to loan growth and fees as a way to offset intense competition for deposits.

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Ameris chief abruptly resigns as latest acquisition closes

07/01/19

Dennis Zember Jr. stepped down as the Georgia bank's CEO, citing personal matters. Palmer Proctor, an executive at the recently acquired Fidelity Southern, succeeded Zember.

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BB&T, SunTrust set dates for shareholder votes on merger, 'Truist' name

06/19/19

Shareholders of both companies will meet separately next month to cast ballots on the $28 billion deal, and BB&T investors will also decide whether the new company should be called Truist Financial.

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United Community casts M&A net in BB&T-SunTrust strongholds

06/13/19

Lynn Harton, the Georgia bank's CEO and a 20-year BB&T veteran, is considering acquisitions in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee markets where the entity soon to be named Truist Financial has a high profile.

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10 years after resurrection, BankUnited eyes Atlanta, servicing exit

05/17/19

The moves are part of a plan CEO Rajinder Singh discussed in a conversation with American Banker.

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De novo effort in Atlanta gets one step closer to opening

05/04/19

Tandem Bank has approval from the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance as its aims to become the state's first new bank since the financial crisis.

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A deposit boon for small Georgia banks?

05/03/19

Community banks in the state have struggled to attract the funds to meet surging loan demand, but that could change now that a new law has made it easier for them to accept government deposits.

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