FDIC closes Statewide Bank, Home Bank acquires assets
Federal regulators have closed Statewide Bank in Covington, marking the first failure of a Louisiana financial institution since 2003. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday that all six...
View ArticleFDIC inspector general to probe Statewide failure
The investigative arm of the federal government’s banking regulator will take a closer look at what led to the first bank failure in Louisiana in seven years. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp....
View ArticleGuaranty shareholders approve Home Bank buyout
The board of directors for GS Financial Corp., parent company for Guaranty Savings Bank, reported today that their shareholders have approved the company’s acquisition by Home Bancorp of Lafayette. The...
View ArticleHome Bank completes purchase of Guaranty Savings
Home Bancorp Inc., the holding company of the 103-year-old Home Bank has completed its acquisition of GS Financial Corp., the parent company of Guaranty Savings Bank of Metairie. The combined company...
View ArticleMixed loan growth, mergers keep New Orleans banking market in flux
Aside from the mergers and acquisitions, the overall mood among area bankers is a cautious one, as the economy continues to hobble along. Loan growth is mixed, as are bankers’ opinions on the state of...
View ArticleYear in Review: Bank deals fast and frequent in 2011
Bankers continued to bemoan soft loan demand in 2011, with real estate portfolios seeing only pockets of growth.
View ArticleStephen Wessel leaves regional leadership post at Home Bank
Stephen Wessel, New Orleans market president for Home Bank, has resigned from his post and will be taking a position with another bank, according to Home Bank employees familiar with his transition....
View ArticleBankers say Acadiana an industry hub
LAFAYETTE — Two banking executives touted Acadiana as a center of Southern banking activity during a presentation this past week on the outlook for the local industry. While the nation has struggled...
View ArticleTwo NOLA community banks among top business lenders
Six Louisiana financial institutions ranked among the nation’s top community banks for business lending in the second quarter of 2013, according to an American Banker analysis released last week.
View ArticleHome Bank makes leadership changes in New Orleans market
Lafayette-based Home Bank has announced leadership changes in the New Orleans and North Shore markets.
View ArticleFDIC closes Statewide Bank, Home Bank acquires assets
Federal regulators have closed Statewide Bank in Covington, marking the first failure of a Louisiana financial institution since 2003. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday that all six...
View ArticleFDIC inspector general to probe Statewide failure
The investigative arm of the federal government’s banking regulator will take a closer look at what led to the first bank failure in Louisiana in seven years. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp....
View ArticleGuaranty shareholders approve Home Bank buyout
The board of directors for GS Financial Corp., parent company for Guaranty Savings Bank, reported today that their shareholders have approved the company’s acquisition by Home Bancorp of Lafayette. The...
View ArticleHome Bank completes purchase of Guaranty Savings
Home Bancorp Inc., the holding company of the 103-year-old Home Bank has completed its acquisition of GS Financial Corp., the parent company of Guaranty Savings Bank of Metairie. The combined company...
View ArticleMixed loan growth, mergers keep New Orleans banking market in flux
Aside from the mergers and acquisitions, the overall mood among area bankers is a cautious one, as the economy continues to hobble along. Loan growth is mixed, as are bankers’ opinions on the state of...
View ArticleYear in Review: Bank deals fast and frequent in 2011
Bankers continued to bemoan soft loan demand in 2011, with real estate portfolios seeing only pockets of growth.
View ArticleStephen Wessel leaves regional leadership post at Home Bank
Stephen Wessel, New Orleans market president for Home Bank, has resigned from his post and will be taking a position with another bank, according to Home Bank employees familiar with his transition....
View ArticleBankers say Acadiana an industry hub
LAFAYETTE — Two banking executives touted Acadiana as a center of Southern banking activity during a presentation this past week on the outlook for the local industry. While the nation has struggled...
View ArticleTwo NOLA community banks among top business lenders
Six Louisiana financial institutions ranked among the nation’s top community banks for business lending in the second quarter of 2013, according to an American Banker analysis released last week.
View ArticleHome Bank makes leadership changes in New Orleans market
Lafayette-based Home Bank has announced leadership changes in the New Orleans and North Shore markets.
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