A small bank that operates in the region’s southern edges is going the holding company route.
Local bank creating new holding company
Banking
More turnover at the top of Sonabank as founders depart
Georgia Derrico and Roderick Porter, who founded the bank in 2005, have retired from their respective roles as chairman and vice chairman. That follows a CEO change less than two months ago.
Local bank plans new Henrico HQ for finance division
The bank will trade digs downtown in favor of a from-scratch, 25,000-square-foot building on land it just purchased near the airport.
Chase Bank gets go-ahead for Short Pump branch in former Matchbox restaurant
The banking giant expects to open the 4,000-square-foot branch in August. It will be its second Richmond-area location, with others in the works.
Longtime local bank CEO retires
Joe Shearin stepped down this week as top boss of Sonabank and its parent company.
Atlantic Union beefing up office in Maryland
The bank has applied for permission from the Federal Reserve to convert an existing commercial lending office in Columbia, Maryland, to something closer to a full-on branch.
Henrico bank taking heat from ‘activist investor’
A Richmond-area bank is the latest target of a sometimes-aggressive investment firm that looks to force banks into selling themselves.
More details emerge from buyer of New Horizon Bank in Powhatan
Led by a longtime East Coast banker, the buyer has big plans for the small rural bank.
Battle of VACU vs. banks continues
The beef between a group of Virginia banks and Richmond’s largest credit union is headed for another round.
Small Henrico credit union finds local merger partner
On the heels of the announcement of two banking deals that will be felt in the Richmond market, another small local credit union is set to be absorbed by a larger peer in the coming weeks.