Journals By Industry - Community Banks

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

State legislators and estate-planning attorneys have renewed a push to repeal the inheritance tax in Indiana, one of just eight states to have such a levy. Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, and Sen. Jim...

Bret Sears took over last month as CEO of Island Federal Credit Union after serving as its chief financial officer. He leads the five-branch institution founded to serve LILCO, then KeySpan and National...

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that its COO, Phil Rasori, has again been...

New York Community Bancorp reported $117.7 million in fourth quarter earnings, down from $149.8 million a year ago as earnings for the year slipped to $480 million from $541 million. The Westbury-based bank...

The presence of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego hasn't been lost on Navy Federal Credit Union. The world's largest credit union, with more than $47 billion in assets...

Bankruptcy filings declined in the New Orleans area in 2011, and there are a variety of theories as to why. Tight credit in the business world and consumers still reeling from the downturn...

Steve Appel ponders the return his company is getting from its stout five-figure contribution to help bring the Super Bowl to Indianapolis. Here's the bounty: permission to tell others the company is donating...

U.S. Bancorp, the Minneapolis-based bank that has been growing in San Diego for much of the past decade, recently hired Steve Stuckey as its market president. Given the bank's recent performance--net income for...

Two Long Island-based community banks founded about four years ago closed their fiscal year on a high note, reporting profits as well as increases in assets. Empire National Bank and Gold Coast Bank,...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a5ede1/northeast_and_mid) has announced the addition of the "Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Banks Report" report to their offering. The Wall Street Transcript has just published itsNortheast and Mid-Atlantic Banks Report, a...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- BankAtlantic Bancorp's (NYSE:BBX) Chairman and CEO, Alan B. Levan, today commented on the recent civil action filed by the SEC against him and BankAtlantic Bancorp. Mr. Levan stated, "Obviously,...

DAMARISCOTTA, Maine -- The First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNLC), today announced unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2011. Net income was $12.4 million, up $248,000 or 2.0% from 2010, and earnings per...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Gothenburg State Bank, a more than 100-year-old community bank in Gothenburg, Nebraska, takes pride in "still pioneering" on behalf of its customers. For bank chairman, president and American Bankers Association...

Company president, industry veteran named CEO to further spearhead growth AUSTIN, Texas -- Q2ebanking (Q2), a provider of premier electronic banking solutions for community-based financial institutions, announced today that the company's president, Matt...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ: HBNC) today announced its unaudited financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2011. All share data has been adjusted to reflect...

Big banks are taking a big run at small business. While borrowing by small businesses remains flat, U.S. Bank and some of the other large banks in town are boosting their share of...

Nationwide Survey Results Point to Need for Efficiency without Sacrificing Results ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Safe Systems, winner of the 2010 and 2011 BankNews Innovative Solutions Awards, and national leader in compliance-centric IT support...