Banking

As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, a new Richmond banking giant was born.

A Raleigh-based bank wasted little time in getting up and running in the Westhampton neighborhood.

Mergers and acquisitions made for some of the biggest headlines in local banking news this year, while a continuous game of branch musical chairs was played in the background.

The Richmond-based investment advisory arm of a national bank has been on the move of late, opening two new offices over the last month.

A small local financial institution born decades ago out of a box factory has been absorbed by a larger peer.

The bank that controls the largest pile of deposits in Richmond is shrinking its presence in North Chesterfield.

Two out-of-town bank deals valued at a combined $2.7 billion were sealed last week and soon will trickle into the Richmond market.

The local bank has cleared a legal speed bump as it heads for the finish line in a $2.7 billion deal.

A short-lived café and coffee shop soon will be replaced by a rare sight in the neighborhood: a bank branch.

For a pair of new outposts, a Henrico-based bank is hitching its wagon once again to grocery chain Wegmans and going back for seconds in Lynchburg.