Banking

NEW ORLEANS – Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company has announced the acquisition of American Business Lending, Inc. – a Dallas-based SBA lender. Gulf Coast Bank...

NEW ORLEANS – Union Savings and Loan Association (Union) and Hibernia Bancorp, Inc. (Hibernia Bancorp), today announced they have executed a definitive agreement whereby Union...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — IberiaBank has agreed to pay $11.7 million in a settlement with federal officials over allegations the bank and its mortgage...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation that would provide banks and credit unions with relief from some of the stricter...

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A south Mississippi bank will voluntarily shift trading in its stock from a small-company stock market to an over-the-counter exchange. Peoples...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's selection of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the...

METAIRIE - Metairie Bank and Trust Company (OTC: MBKL) announced that its Board of Directors at their meeting on November 28, 2017, declared a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Cordray, Obama-appointed director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has announced his resignation. His early resignation will give President Donald Trump a chance...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are little changed Wednesday afternoon as a recent decline in interest rates continues to put pressure on...

NEW ORLEANS – Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company, New Orleans’ largest locally-owned bank, announced record earnings for the third quarter of 2017.          Among...