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Finance

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 15, 2016
Top of the world

The top financial executive of a massive live entertainment business has a supersize to-do list. Good thing he's a planner.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 15, 2016
Second home

Lake Michigan Credit Union plans to grow in Southwest Florida by opening branches and possibly making acquisitions.

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  • By Steven Benna
  • April 15, 2016
Falling margins

Low interest rates nationwide impacts banks of all sizes. For community banks, the impact goes directly to profitability.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 15, 2016
Loaned up

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank shows the way for small community banks to be profitable.

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  • March 18, 2016
Early enrollment

Persuading millennials to invest money in a financial adviser isn't easy. How will Lawrence Financial Planning do it?

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  • By Steven Benna
  • December 11, 2015
Disruptive thinking

A credit union adding members quickly wants more than fast growth. It seeks technical transformation.

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  • December 11, 2015
Southern draw

Arkansas banks have boosted their presence in Florida since the downturn by making acquisitions statewide. More deals are in the works.

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  • December 11, 2015
Mutual decision

A bank with a billion-dollar presence from Hawaii to Nebraska aims to gain awareness in the Sunshine State.

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  • By Anita Todd
  • September 11, 2015
Buy and buy

A Polk County bank has become one of the largest lenders in Florida through an aggressive and counterintuitive strategy.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 11, 2015
Familiar bankers

Fifteen former bank CEOs work for Seaside National Bank & Trust. The bank is expanding its network from Tampa to Sarasota and Naples.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 19, 2015
Paying on time

Fewer bank customers are late paying their loans as the Gulf Coast economy recovers. That's good news for future bank profits.

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  • By Michael Hinman
  • June 19, 2015
Extending credit

Achieva's acquisition of Calusa Bank is rare for a credit union. It could help bridge two rival financial industries.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 19, 2015
Better net

Banks make money on the difference between what they earn on loans and what they pay depositors. That measure is rising at most Gulf Coast banks.

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  • By Michael Hinman
  • April 10, 2015
Seeing red

Balance sheets didn't finish positive for some area banks. But confidence abounds for the future.

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  • April 10, 2015
'Suck at retirement'

Dave Maraman has a lot of advice after working on both sides of banking: as a regulator and the one being regulated.

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