Community banking
Community banking
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The Boston company gained the mortgage platform when it bought First Choice in 2017.
April 30 -
Blue Lion Capital, which has been critical of the Seattle company in recent years, has nominated two individuals to become directors.
April 23 -
Gateway Mortgage Group’s dream of being a national, diversified financial services player will hinge on its effort to turn a community bank into an online-only platform.
April 9 -
The company plans to sell its third-party origination channel to Renasant. It has also lined up a deal to sell its correspondent channel.
April 1 -
The Los Angeles bank will take a $1.4 million hit to earnings after the multifamily properties sold for less than their book value.
April 1 -
University Bancorp gained a number of offices from Huron Valley Financial. It also hired lenders and staff with experience in reverse mortgages and wholesale lending.
March 23 -
The California banking company has two loans tied to DC Solar that are on nonaccrual status.
March 15 -
While the OCC has led the charge on modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act, Gov. Lael Brainard gave a rundown of new ideas under discussion — from updating assessment boundaries to a comprehensive community development test.
March 12 -
Community banks and credit unions fear a Senate plan and other legislative ideas will nullify steps taken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that have made it easier for smaller institutions to compete.
February 28 -
Bank of Marin CEO Russ Colombo is tightening up pricing and terms, citing soaring real estate prices in markets like San Francisco.
February 28 -
The Seattle company has a letter of intent to sell its home loan centers to Homebridge Financial Services.
February 27 -
Some companies on SourceMedia’s Best Fintechs to Work For list offer their employees extra time off to live boldly.
February 24 -
The federal banking agencies will not hold a hearing on a proposal to reduce the number of residential real estate transactions that require an appraisal.
February 22 -
Bridgeview Bancorp floated its name with 14 potential buyers, but it only attracted serious interest once it promised to divest a mortgage business that recorded a double-digit decline in fee income last year.
February 19 -
HomeStreet Bank will attempt to sell its stand-alone mortgage business and portfolio of servicing rights, a move that comes amid growing pressure from an activist investor to exit home lending and concerns about declining demand and regulatory challenges.
February 15 -
If the government insists on forcing another shutdown, business owners are intent on letting Congress know how much the last one hurt.
February 11 -
Community banks generally make digital a consumer play, but TransPecos Bank, with its BankMD brand, is focusing on doctor practices, which tend to weather economic downturns well.
February 1 -
CrediFi helps bankers pursuing commercial real estate loan growth minimize the risk in lending to customers they historically haven't served.
January 29 -
The impasse has halted grant and loan applications and frozen many farm subsidies just weeks ahead of planting season.
January 14 -
The tricky part: raising awareness without appearing to take advantage of borrowers at a time when agencies like the SBA are out of commission.
January 11