Growth strategies

Wichita Falls Bancshares will gain four branches when it buys Chico Bancorp.

Many business customers are putting off expansion because they can’t find enough workers to fill available jobs.

More than 50 banks and banking groups responded to the National Credit Union Administration's call for public comment as it attempts to explain why a new field of membership provision won't permit redlining.

The company will gain branches in Northampton County as part of the $79 million deal.

Cost cutting and systems integrations are short-term priorities, but over time CEO Kelly King and his heir apparent, Bill Rogers, will have to exploit the combined BB&T-SunTrust's revenue potential and prove the biggest post-crisis merger was a good idea.