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Finance

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 15, 2018
Community bank surges in revenues, profits and people

Community banks, payroll, employees, growth, First Home Bank, Seminole, Florida, mortgage loans, home loans, strategy

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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • June 15, 2018
Bank overcomes obstacles in tight labor market

Community banks, Sanibel Island, Captiva, employee, retention, training, bank mergers, consolidation, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, David Hall,

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • June 15, 2018
Banking executives share insights into partnership, in and out of the office

Rich and Kim Hopper have been married for 16 years. Now they’re taking their partnership to work, too, with new roles at IberiaBank in Sarasota.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 15, 2018
Banker, lawyer reach for the sky with new venture

Marty Traber of Skyway Capital Markets discusses his motivation for reviving the Tampa investment banking firm that he originally founded in 2002.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • May 25, 2018
Savvy investors reap rewards from going green with deals

A risky but well-timed pivot from housing to renewable energy has paid off handsomely for a private investment firm.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 20, 2018
Alex Sink turned a statewide election defeat into a new career: startup sage

One of her newest roles includes mentoring young tech entrepreneurs.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 20, 2018
Three bankers — all longtime CEOs and previous bank founders — join forces at one institution

CenterState Bank targets more market share on the west coast of Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 20, 2018
Battle between banks and credit unions heats up

At stake is hundreds of millions in potential taxes.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 20, 2018
Atlanta Federal Reserve president on tweets, taxes and what's to come

Raphael Bostic — at the helm of the Atlanta Fed — shares his thoughts on interest rates, Florida business and what’s ahead in 2019.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 20, 2018
The region's independent trust companies share success strategies

A trio of independent trust companies face some significant challenges connected to a 'good' problem: rapid growth

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • December 15, 2017
Dream Team

The banking sector is on the cusp of a significant shift, led mostly by technology. How can it survive, and thrive?

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • December 15, 2017
Tight Knit

Every community bank covets stellar one-on-one customer service. A rural inland bank, despite its small size, has discovered some ways to get there.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • September 15, 2017
Charge It Up

First National Bank of Pasco is going gangbusters on a growth strategy that includes some unlikely banking concepts. Think coolness. And electric cars.

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  • By Alex Walsh
  • September 15, 2017
Simple Growth

A Florida bank — not based in any of the state's population hubs — led by a folksy, down-home CEO has climbed to the top of the industry. What's next for CenterState?

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 15, 2017
Market Move

A $1.5 billion Tampa bank makes an opportunistic move to stretch its geography.

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