Growth strategies

Are lawmakers inviting ‘hot money’ boom with brokered deposit bill?

07/08/20

Backers say a bill to limit asset growth instead of restricting brokered funds addresses concerns about expanding balance sheets at troubled banks. But skeptics worry it would open the door to greater risk.

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Why Signature Bank is pressing ahead with West Coast expansion

07/08/20

The New York commercial bank says geographic diversification is a long-term necessity and that the interplay of its private banking and commercial banking businesses has helped it withstand the economic shock of the coronavirus.

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Dime-Bridge a conventional deal in unconventional times

07/05/20

The New York-area companies' $489 million agreement runs counter to recent merger pacts built around branch cuts and more tech spending.

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Dime, Bridge Bancorp combining in $489 million merger

07/01/20

The deal will create an $11 billion-asset banking company with operations in a number of markets around New York City.

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German American to promote insider as its next president

07/01/20

Neil Dauby, the Indiana company's chief commercial banking officer, will have oversight of all operations, reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Schroeder.

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Park Financial in Minnesota to buy Mesaba Bancshares

07/01/20

Mesaba, which is also based in Minnesota, is the parent of American Bank of the North and Lake Bank.

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Three Texas banks planning to merge

06/30/20

Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio will have assets of $1.5 billion when it absorbs two affiliated banking companies in nearby cities.

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Supreme Court won't hear bankers' appeal in credit union membership suit

06/29/20

The court's decision not to consider an appeal from the American Bankers Association is likely to be the last step in a legal saga dating back to 2016.

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Northeast Bank in Maine strikes deal to sell its PPP loans

06/26/20

The Loan Source, the nonbank lender buying the Paycheck Protection Program loans, has similar deals in place with other lenders.

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Coronavirus 'affirmed rationale' behind CenterState-South State deal: CEO

06/22/20

⁠John Corbett says building scale, lowering costs and strengthening technology offerings have become more critical for banks to stay competitive.

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