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Morgan Stanley expected to complete $13B E-Trade acquisition Friday
Arlington-based online brokerage to be bought by investment bank
Morgan Stanley announced Thursday it has won regulatory approval and expects to complete its $13 billion acquisition of Arlington-based online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. on Friday. In late July, E-Trade announced that more than 99% of its stockholders had approved the acquisition, which will be one of the largest acquisitions of a local company in
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Virginia National, Fauquier banks to merge
Combined bank will have $1.6B in total assets
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The parent holding companies of Virginia National Bank and The Fauquier Bank will merge under the Virginia National brand into a combined bank with $1.6 billion in total assets. Charlottesville-based Virginia National Bankshares Corp. and Warrenton-based Fauquier Bankshares Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement, the banks announced Thursday. The combined company will have approximately $1.4
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TowneBank, Langley Federal lead region’s financial institutions
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Suffolk-based TowneBank maintains its dominance among Hampton Roads financial institutions, holding nearly a quarter of the market share. In late June, TowneBank and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters jointly purchased the 22-story Norfolk Southern tower in downtown Norfolk for $30 million. TowneBank’s market share increased slightly from last year, when it had 22.29% of
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Richmond converts small business loans to grants
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Five years ago, when Sandi Cauley opened her boutique fitness business, Turn Cardio Jam Studio, she did so on her own dime — not wanting to be strapped to loans and investors. But after the pandemic hit, she needed outside help to keep her business afloat. After she had trouble securing a Paycheck Protection Program
Trustar Bank names senior adviser
Samuel A. Schreiber joins the Great Falls-based bank
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Great Falls-based Trustar Bank announced Tuesday it has hired Samuel A. Schreiber as senior adviser. Schreiber was most recently president of Chain Bridge Bank, but spent 25 years of his career with Wachovia as well as Wells Fargo after their 2008 merger. He was Washington, D.C., president and mid-Atlantic regional president with Wachovia and became
Richmond investment bank launches health care group
Matrix Capital Markets Group hires Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta B. Pundarika
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Richmond-based investment bank Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. announced Wednesday it has established the Matrix Healthcare Banking Group, which will focus on health care subsectors. The industry group will be led by Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta B. Pundarika, who joined the firm as managing directors and co-heads of the new group. Their focus will
Fed says Fifth District economy continues to improve, but activity remains low
District includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland
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The economy of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve (which includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) has continued to improve in recent weeks, but activity has remained below pre-pandemic levels in most industries, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. The Beige Book is published
Va. Credit Union League president to retire next June
Richard D. “Rick” Pillow will leave after dedicating 40 years to the credit union system
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The Virginia Credit Union League (VCUL) announced Wednesday that its longtime president, Richard D. “Rick” Pillow, will retire on June 30, 2021, after dedicating 40 years to the credit union system. “Anyone who has worked with Rick knows his passion for credit unions,” VCUL Board Chairman Patsy Stuard, CEO of Fort Lee Federal Credit Union,
MainStreet Bank names chief operating officer
Lisa Kilgour promoted after three years at Fairfax-based bank
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Lisa Kilgour has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fairfax-based MainStreet Bank, its parent company, MainStreet Bancshares Inc., announced Friday. A Virginia Tech graduate, Kilgour joined the bank in 2017 as senior vice president and chief information officer, and before that, served as senior vice president of operations for Middleburg
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JOHN ASBURY PRESIDENT AND CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND A Radford native, Asbury transitioned from a career with large financial institutions to help build a regional bank. After successful mergers in 2018 and 2019, Atlantic Union expanded its footprint in Northern Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, making it the largest regional bank headquartered in Virginia.