Banking

The long search for a stellar location

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One of the state’s biggest banks has finally found a place to plant its flag in Richmond, and it’s planning to present the “branch of the future.”

There’s a new lender in town

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A growing California mortgage company has picked Richmond for its first East Coast operations.

Bank of Virginia grabs another rung

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One local bank continued to climb its way out of the doldrums, according to ratings released this month, while another fell further.

Dunn gone

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A local loan officer recently jumped ship for another bank and took his catchphrase with him.

Foreclosure, Take 2

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Pieces of a fledgling New Kent County development that has been in and out of bankruptcy are once again on the verge of foreclosure.

Welcome to the black

A scrappy local bank had its first profitable year in 2011.

Union First prunes its branches

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The area’s biggest bank is closing four of its Virginia branches, including one in Richmond.

Local bank to be acquired in $40M deal

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Richmond-based Peoples Bank of Virginia is being acquired by a larger competitor hungry for more deals and more branches.