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North Carolina booted payday lenders, setting a national standard. Now, pressure builds for a return to days of easier credit.

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 [...]

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.

As North Carolina-based banks labor, out-of-state invaders take their place.

Martin Marietta launched an unsolicited bid in December for Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan, which is suing Martin Marietta, contending that its use of confidential information in an unfriendly [...]