Readers opine on the possibility of an Amazon-JPMorgan Chase checking partnership, weigh in on the Crapo bill, applaud plans that would make the CFPB more of a backup regulator and more.
Spirit Community Bank is being planned in Statesville, a community located about 45 miles north of Charlotte. A separate set of organizers has already shared plans to open a bank east of Charlotte.
Organizers aiming to open a de novo just outside Charlotte say there's a need for a new community bank after several years of consolidation in the market.
First Citizens, which wants to buy KS Bancorp, has filed a lawsuit to challenge a so-called poison pill provision that the much smaller bank's board recently passed.
Just two months after a capital infusion, First Capital Bancshares added banking veterans including John McCoy and Harvey Glick as directors in a board overhaul, changed CEOs, and decided to move its corporate headquarters to Charleston, S.C.
