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 [...]
Bill Long, 71, jumps back into community banking
At 71, Bill Long is trying to do something no one else has done in North Carolina since 2008: start a new community bank. He’s a veteran banker with a lot of friends in Iredell County, where he’s [...]
Sale in little Washington knocks out another N.C. bank
With First South Bank of Washington, N.C. selling this week, North Carolina loses another homegrown community bank based in a small city.
Get that application in for State Banking Commission!
Eleven of 14 appointed members of the N.C. State Banking Commission are slated to roll off as of April 1. Gov. Roy Cooper has chance to remold the board.