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Smart Choice says it plans to open in additional states and continue expanding carrier relationships.

Triad Financial Advisors can sum up its next growth area in three words: local, local, local.

After years of slow growth, Greater Washington's economy is finally starting to turn a corner in a long road to recovery.

M&T Bank continues to hold a commanding lead when it comes to deposits in Western New York’s eight counties.

A new report shows the Buffalo-based bank holds more than half of all deposits held at the region’s federally insured banks.

How much exactly?

A whopping $27.41 billion, or 56.78 percent, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s annual deposit market share report, which tracks total deposits by bank every year on June 30.

M&T has held the position of No. 1 deposit-taker…

Information was obtained from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The FDIC per its 2012 Community Banking Study, defines a community bank as the following: Banks that have less than $1 billion in assets, or banks with more than $1 billion in assets but have a loan-to-asset ratio greater than 33 percent, a core deposits-to-assets ratio greater than 50 percent, no more than 75 offices in a maximum of three states and/or two large metropolitan statistical areas and no single office can have deposits in excess of $5 billion. A bank’s status as a community bank can change over time. The indexed threshold is as of 2010. As the banking industry grows, the FDIC will periodically adjust the indexed thresholds.

Lee Arnold, executive chairman of Colliers Florida, has put money into FairWarning, Marxent and Peerfit,

Data from organizations listed. Some organizations contacted did not respond. Information current as of July 2018 and may be edited for space. Secondary ranking by employment. For information about the list contact Liz Kyle (937) 528-4424, [email protected].

After the dust settles on its merger with Verus Bank, CBK could eye more acquisitions in the coming years.

Celia Catlett has been appointed as a board member of Limestone Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: LMST) and its subsidiary Limestone Bank.

Catlett currently serves as general counsel and is a member of the executive team at Texas Roadhouse Inc. (NASDAQ: TXRH), a Louisville-based restaurant company. She's been in that position since 2013. She joined the organization in 2005 and has also served as corporate secretary since 2011.

”As a recognized leader and talented professional, she is an important addition…

Kimbrough had been president and CEO of United Way of Greater St. Louis.