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Middlefield Banc Corp. Announces Completion of Liberty Bancshares, Inc. Merger
Posted: 12/01/2022

Middlefield Banc Corp., the bank holding company for The Middlefield Banking Company, announced today that it has completed the merger with Liberty Bancshares, Inc. As a result of the merger, shares...

FTX Fiasco Hits Investors From Tiger Global to Tom Brady
Posted: 11/10/2022

The FTX.com fiasco has ensnared some of the biggest names in finance. Tiger Global Management, Third Point and Altimeter Capital Management are among hedge funds that recently participated in fund...

Middlefield Banc gets regulatory nod for merger with Liberty Bancshares
Posted: 10/24/2022

Ohio-based Middlefield Banc Corp., the holding company for Middlefield Banking Co., received the required regulatory approvals to complete its merger with in-state peer Liberty Bancshares Inc. the ho...

Southern Missouri Bancorp to acquire Citizens Bancshares in $140M deal
Posted: 09/20/2022

Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Southern Bank, has agreed to acquire Kansas City, Mo.-based Citizens Bancshares Co., the parent company of Citizens Bank and Trust Co., in a stoc...

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. Announces Private Placement of $69.4 Million of Convertible Preferred Stock
Posted: 09/08/2022

HUMBLE, Texas, - Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an investment agreement with Castle Creek Capital Partners VIII, LP ("Castle Creek") and certain other accredite...

Central Payments raises $30 million, spins off from Kansas City bank
Posted: 08/15/2022

Growing fintech company Central Payments completed a $30 million equity raise that includes it spinning off from Central Bank of Kansas City.

Central Payments Closes $30 Million Raise
Posted: 08/11/2022

Central Payments, architect of the award-winning Open*CP Fintech API MarketplaceSM and the country’s fastest growing prepaid card issuer*, announced today that it has completed a $30 million growth e...

Bank of Idaho Acquisition Deal Closes
Posted: 08/04/2022

Bank of Idaho's expansion into eastern Washington is official, with closing documents on the acquisition of five HomeStreet Bank locations signed Friday, July 29. In May, the eastern Idaho-based ban...

Oakland’s Launchpad Capital, Castle Creek Capital raise millions to back fintech startups
Posted: 07/20/2022

Oakland venture firm Launchpad Capital and Castle Creek Capital said Wednesday that they raised $90 million for their first fund focused on tech and fintech startups.

Fintech venture capital fund receives commitments from 34 community banks
Posted: 07/20/2022

Alternative asset management firm Castle Creek Capital LLC and early-stage venture capital firm Launchpad Capital closed a financial technology venture capital fund with more than $90 million in com...

Middlefield Banc Corp. and Liberty Bancshares, Inc. Announce Merger
Posted: 05/26/2022

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio and ADA, Ohio, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Middlefield Banc Corp. (“Middlefield”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MBCN), the bank holding company for The Middlefield Banking Company...

Hanover Bancorp, Inc. Completes Initial Public Offering and Reports Second Fiscal Quarter Net Income of $5.9 million
Posted: 05/21/2022

MINEOLA, N. Y., May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (“Hanover” or “the Company”), the holding company for Hanover Community Bank (“the Bank”) today reported significant performance...

Bank of Idaho to purchase five branches in Washington state
Posted: 05/11/2022

Bank of Idaho has agreed to buy five branches in Washington from HomeStreet Bank in Seattle. Bank of Idaho Holding, the parent company of the $738 million-asset Bank of Idaho, said its purchase of...

Bank of Idaho Holding Company Announces Completion of $53.2 Million Common Stock Private Placement
Posted: 05/11/2022

Bank of Idaho Holding Co. (OTCQX:BOID, Financial) (the "Company"), the holding company for Bank of Idaho, today announced the completion of a $53.2 million private placement in aggregate principal am...

Colorado-based Legacy Bank completes merger with InBankshares unit
Posted: 05/06/2022

Wiley, Colo.-based Legacy Bank completed its merger with and into InBank, a subsidiary of InBankshares Corp, effective April 29. Under the terms of the deal, Greenwood Village, Colo.-based InBanks...

Spend Life Wisely Company Raises Growth Capital
Posted: 01/28/2022

DURANT, OK – Spend Life Wisely Company, Inc., a leading purpose based financial institution, announced today that it has completed a private placement of approximately $80.5 million of common stock...

Citizens Bank of Edmond CEO Jill Castilla appointed to Federal Reserve Advisory Council
Posted: 01/14/2022

Citizens Bank of Edmond President and CEO Jill Castilla has been appointed to the Federal Reserve's 12-member Federal Advisory Council. She will represent the Fed's Kansas City District, which inc...