Community banking
Community banking
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The Michigan company had fewer gains from loan sales. It also reported an increase in noninterest expenses.
July 25 -
The Pittsburgh company, pleased with employee and client retention from its March purchase of Yadkin Financial, is looking to hire lenders from other institutions.
July 20 -
The Illinois company has bought two banks and a small mortgage firm in the past year, which helped improve its second-quarter results.
July 19 -
The FDIC is watching banks that use wholesale funds to support CRE lending. The warning comes as brokered deposit levels at community banks are at their highest level in nearly six years.
July 18 -
Working with Sungage Financial will help NBT Bancorp diversify its consumer loan portfolio and learn from a fintech startup with a speedy credit approval process.
July 13 -
Property Assessed Clean Energy loans can no longer be offered in unincorporated areas of Kern County, Calif. The controversial loans, meant to promote energy efficiency, began in California and are now offered in a number of states.
July 12 -
The Treasury Department will take a huge hit when Cecil Bancorp sells its bank, while 1st Mariner Bank in Baltimore will see its equity stake completely wiped out. Cecil opted for bankruptcy court when it was unable to resolve an impasse over its trust-preferred stock.
July 11 -
From the largest banks to the smallest independents, policymakers want to hear the mortgage industry speak with one voice in the critical efforts to reform the government-sponsored enterprises.
June 29 -
Mexico's decision to reduce imports of soybean meal, corn and chicken has put more pressure on certain farmers, while creating another situation for lenders to monitor.
June 27 -
The NCUA is letting federal credit unions securitize and sell assets. Such transactions would free up capital at credit unions, allowing them to make more loans.
June 26 -
The company will also gain its first branches in New Mexico after it buys Peoples Inc.
June 26 -
The Financial Choice Act contains many positive reforms for community banks, but a provision affording benefits for holding loans on balance sheet poses risk for small lenders.
June 21 -
Fed Chair Janet Yellen called the Treasury's report a "complicated document" that shared many of the central bank's objectives, including reducing regulatory burden without sacrificing safety and soundness.
June 14 -
Casey Crawford, head of the rapidly growing Movement Mortgage, recently recapitalized First State Bank in Danville, Va., with his own money.
June 14 -
The Treasury Department published its first report on regulatory reform, offering some familiar industry asks alongside some surprising positions.
June 12 -
There is a great opportunity this year to show the world that Congress can still pass bipartisan, common-sense legislation that helps lift the U.S. economy.
June 7 -
The accounting board has scheduled a meeting that bankers hope will produce eleventh-hour modifications to reserving requirements.
June 6 -
Financial regulators issued joint guidance on Wednesday highlighting the availability of cross-state appraiser licensing agreements.
May 31 -
First Savings Financial in Indiana and Dime Community in New York are keen on making more SBA loans as a way to diversify revenue and generate fees through loan sales.
May 19 -
The company also said it believes there are no regulatory obstacles that will derail its planned acquisition of Astoria Financial.
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