West Florida Banking Corp. plans to acquire Flagship Community Bank in Clearwater, paying $14.57 a share in cash and stock for all the shares of Flagship....
Entrepreneurs have diminished confidence in the economy and have a growing concern for a variety of key issues, including healthcare costs, interest rates and the stock...
Owen LaFave, Pinellas County market president for The Bank of Tampa, fears that the county could face the same housing woes as Jackson Hole, Wyoming. At...
Suncoast Credit Union isn’t shying away from brick and mortar branch offices. The Tampa-based credit union has opened its 69th office, and its fourth in Pinellas...
Freedom Bank and Pilot Bank led all other local community banks in two key industry measures for the first quarter of 2019. Freedom, a $300 million-asset...
St. Petersburg is succeeding at getting the message out that it’s a great place to do business. While that’s exciting, said Chad Loar, chair of the...
Regions Financial Inc., one of the largest banking companies in the United States, wants to play a role in the growth of the Tampa Bay area....
Profits were up year-over-year at six of the eight banks headquartered in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area, including a dramatic turnaround that put Pilot Bank back...
Ten years ago, Pinellas County banks were floundering. The 10 community banks headquartered in Pinellas County with less than $1 billion in assets had a combined...
In the late 1970s, Rita Lowman’s hometown newspaper ran a story on her – a rising star, brimming with optimism, coming up with motivational programs at...
