An ‘Active’ M&A Market

Seven industry insiders field questions about the current mergers and acquisitions market and the best ways to approach deals. [Continue]

Straight Talk: Small Business Lending Data

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced May 10, per Dodd-Frank, it is soliciting comments on how to collect more information about lending to small businesses, particularly those owned by women and minorities. Between call reports and Community Reinvestment Act reporting, regulators already collect substantial information about small business lending from banks; new efforts from the … Read more

Fayette County Bank closed

United Fidelity Bank, fsb, Evansville, Ind., assumed all deposits and bought approximately $28.9 million of the failed St. Elmo, Ill., bank’s $34 million in assets. [Continue]