Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Bank buys back $10M in TARP shares

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A year after its TARP shares were purchased at auction by unknown bidders, a local bank used funds from a recent capital raise to buy back a big chunk of the shares.

Golf course hands club to new manager

A local country club has tapped the owner of two Chesterfield golf courses to take over its operations and get membership levels back near their pre-recession highs.

Investor moves to pour major cash into Village Bank

After a bank deal in Glen Allen, a former SEC attorney is pushing to acquire a quarter of the Midlothian-based bank’s shares in the middle of its turnaround campaign.