Dogwood State Bank raises $28M, plots further growth
Dogwood State Bank adds capital from "friends and family"
Pinnacle Financial CEO’s tale of success
Quick quiz: Which $34 billion asset bank with more than 700 employees in North Carolina is ranked the 14th best place to work in the U.S. by Fortune and has stock that has returned nearly 430% [...]
M&F Bancorp seeks to turn deposit rush into profits
M&F Bancorp CEO James Sills III says he’s amazed that so many institutions want to put deposits into his Black-owned bank.
PPP came just in time for new Greensboro bank
Triad Business Bank's start coincided with the PPP program, a fortuitous occurrence.
United Community Bank describes PPP effort
N.C. community banks step up in Paycheck Protection Program.
United Community Banks makes metro N.C. push
United Community Banks has big N.C. ambitions.
With shares in slump, Live Oak Bank shifts strategy
Since its formation in 2008, Live Oak Bank has been one of the most interesting stories in North Carolina banking. It modeled itself as nontraditional bank, having no branches, tellers or ATMs. [...]
State’s biggest mutual-savings bank takes a new spin
After 114 years in business, Piedmont Federal Savings Bank is getting around to making small business loans. Piedmont is the state's biggest mutual bank.
Tennessee bank CEO Bryan Jordan’s deep N.C. roots
Bryan Jordan, perhaps the most successful banker to come out of Salisbury since Wall Street legend Julian Robertson, had a cool homecoming last week. The CEO of Memphis-based First Horizon [...]
Bessant says Moynihan takes the pain out of annual reviews
Cathy Bessant, honored today with UNC Charlotte’s annual Distinguished Service Award, told a lunch crowd of about 200 people that she dreads her annual performance review. But the painful [...]