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Ocean Financial opens micro-branch at Mercy Hospital | Long Island Business News

January 21, 2026January 22, 2026 · Business

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union opens a 200 sq. ft. micro-branch at Mercy Hospital, offering banking services for staff and volunteers Adina Genn Source link

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Wells Fargo opens new branch in Lake Grove | Long Island Business News

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 · Business

Wells Fargo expands its Long Island presence with a new Lake Grove branch and donates $25K to support veterans through local nonprofit New Ground. David Winzelberg Source link

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20 community banks with the largest first mortgage loan portfolios

20 community banks with the largest first mortgage loan portfolios

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 · Banking

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top five community banks in our ranking have combined first mortgage loans of more…

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‘Tech apprehension,’ other hurdles that keep small banks from innovating

‘Tech apprehension,’ other hurdles that keep small banks from innovating

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 · Banking

Richard Rotondo, vice president and digital bank manager for American Commerce, who lead the development of Monesty. “A lot of institutions either need to do this [advancement] or…

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When it comes to fashion choices, bankers get a dress-down

When it comes to fashion choices, bankers get a dress-down

May 26, 2024May 27, 2024 · Banking

Workers enter Goldman Sachs’ headquarters in June 2021. The investment banking giant said in a memo in 2019 that it would relax its dress code.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg WASHINGTON —…

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Eagle in Maryland gains ‘flexibility’ to raise capital after loss

Eagle in Maryland gains ‘flexibility’ to raise capital after loss

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 · Banking

Earlier this month, Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Maryland, filed a shelf registration statement that would allow it to raise up to $150 million. Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Maryland,…

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Dave Fishwick of ‘Bank of Dave,’ has a new nemesis: Payday lenders

Dave Fishwick of ‘Bank of Dave,’ has a new nemesis: Payday lenders

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 · Banking

Dave Fishwick, founder of Burnley Savings and Loans in the UK and subject of the hit Netflix movie “Bank of Dave,” at an Independent Community Bankers of America…

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Small banks ‘feel like hostages’ to their core systems: OCC’s Hsu

Small banks ‘feel like hostages’ to their core systems: OCC’s Hsu

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 · Banking

The power wielded by a small number of companies in the core processing market is one of the — if not the most — pressing issues that affects…

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Hope Bancorp to buy Hawaii bank in  million deal

Hope Bancorp to buy Hawaii bank in $79 million deal

April 29, 2024April 30, 2024 · Banking

Hope Bancorp would add $2.24 billion of assets, including $1.31 billion of loans, with the acquisition of Territorial Bancorp.Adobe Stock Hope Bancorp, a Los Angeles-based company focused on…

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Republic First fails; Fulton Bank acquires assets, branches

Republic First fails; Fulton Bank acquires assets, branches

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 · Banking

Regulators took over Republic First on Friday with Fulton Bank acquiring substantially all of the bank’s assets and deposits. The sale will result in a $667 million loss…

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Insurance deal too rich for Trustmark to pass up, CEO says

Insurance deal too rich for Trustmark to pass up, CEO says

April 24, 2024April 25, 2024 · Banking

Trustmark, in Jackson, Mississippi, says the sale of its Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance unit to the Marsh McLennan Agency for $345 million would more than offset a $160…

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Four hurdles for bank buyers to clear

Four hurdles for bank buyers to clear

April 21, 2024April 22, 2024 · Banking

Bank merger-and-acquisition activity is poised to bounce back in 2024 — or is it? After a two-year lull, during which deal volumes slowed to a crawl amid pervasive…

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Racist emails becoming focal point in redlining settlements

Racist emails becoming focal point in redlining settlements

March 24, 2024March 25, 2024 · Banking

The Justice Department has secured $122 million from a dozen banks and mortgage companies in redlining cases since Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the agency’s Combat Redlining Initiative…

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Federal Home Loan banks’ profits skyrocket from 2023 liquidity crisis

Federal Home Loan banks’ profits skyrocket from 2023 liquidity crisis

March 3, 2024March 4, 2024 · Banking

The March 2023 banking crisis will be remembered for three major bank failures, the demise of a fourth bank tied to cryptocurrency and more than $35.5 billion in…

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Why the torrid pace of branch closings has cooled

Why the torrid pace of branch closings has cooled

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 · Banking

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, said it would add more than 500 branches by…

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California AG warns smaller banks, credit unions on penalty fees

California AG warns smaller banks, credit unions on penalty fees

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 · Banking

“The consumer typically would not know if the check originator had sufficient funds in their bank account, whether the account was closed, or whether the signature on the…

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Why community bank stocks could rally in 2024

Why community bank stocks could rally in 2024

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 · Banking

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Bank stocks rallied late in 2023, and analysts see the potential for further gains this year. Michael…

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With bank-owned insurance agencies, not everyone is sold

With bank-owned insurance agencies, not everyone is sold

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 · Banking

In the late 1990s, the Supreme Court’s decision in Barnett Bank of Marion County, N.A. v. Nelson, and congressional passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, tore down restrictions that…

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Michael Shriner named CEO of New Jersey's BCB Community Bancorp

Michael Shriner named CEO of New Jersey's BCB Community Bancorp

December 29, 2023December 31, 2023 · Banking

BCB was started on the belief that Bayonne, a city of about 70,000 people that is sandwiched between Newark, Staten Island and Brooklyn, was underserved by community banks,…

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Troubled CRE loan delays merger plans for Arizona banks

Troubled CRE loan delays merger plans for Arizona banks

December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 · Banking

Despite a credit-quality issue vexing Bancorp 34, its $28 million merger with another Arizona banking company — CBOA Financial — is on track for completion in the first…

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