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Michael Schwartz September 23, 2011 0

A two-year old Richmond bank is the first of its local peers to tap into a government small-business lending program.

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Local bank pays back portion of TARP

Michael Schwartz August 4, 2011 0

U.S. Treasury still owns tens of millions worth of shares in many local banks

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EVB signs written agreement with regulators

Michael Schwartz February 22, 2011 1

It’s official – there is now a handful of struggling local banks under regulatory written agreements

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Local bank’s parent again misses TARP payment

Michael Schwartz February 11, 2011 0

The recent troubles of a Richmond bank are once again preventing a West Virginia holding company from paying a dividend to one of its most powerful shareholders – the federal government

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Three years for bank to become profitable

Aaron Kremer April 15, 2009 0

Pour a round of the good stuff. After three years in operation, Virginia Business Bank recorded its first quarterly profit in this year’s first quarter

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First Market Bank gets $34 million in bailout money

Al Harris February 12, 2009 6

Richmond-based First Market Bank might be in the mood for granting more loans after receiving a $34 million loan from the federal government

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Virginia bank acquires 4 branches in Md.

Al Harris February 3, 2009 1

Another failed bank is just another opportunity for Tappahannock-based Bank of Essex. On Saturday, the Bank of Essex assumed operations of Suburban Federal Savings Bank in Crofton Md. after it was seized by federal

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