Michael Schwartz

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Updated: Creditors look to force Live Well Financial into bankruptcy

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Three sizable creditors of collapsed local lender Live Well Financial are attempting to force the Chesterfield-based firm into bankruptcy liquidation as they seek to recoup more than $130 million. Flagstar Bank, Mirae Asset Securities, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Live Well on Monday in Delaware… Read more »

Live Well Financial CEO sued for repayment of $80M in loans

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A bank in Michigan is going after the head of a recently shuttered Chesterfield-based mortgage company, as it looks to recoup collateral on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of allegedly defaulted loans.

So long Union Bank & Trust, hello Atlantic Union Bank

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“There are literally thousands of touch points,” a bank executive said of the nearly endless list of items that had to be changed out to make way for the new moniker. The changeover also includes a new name for the bank’s holding company and a new stock ticker symbol.