May 7, 2024
Banking & Finance
Venture Gains
Gainesville-based RegisterPatient, an online patient registration company founded in 2009, needed investors last year to fund a major growth spurt.
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Published on 1/23/2013
The Year Ahead: Five Key Sectors - Adria Starkey
COO / Sanibel Captiva Trust Co., Naples
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Published on 1/15/2013
Deal Making in Investment Banking
James Cassel and Scott Salpeter are two of south Florida's best-known investment bankers.
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Published on 11/1/2012
Banking Template - Gary Tice Returns to Community Banking
Gary Tice retired after Fifth Third Bank purchased his Naples-based First National Bank of Florida. Following the expiration of the deal's four-year non-compete clause, Tice returned to create another community bank.
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Published on 10/24/2012
Seeing Green - Newcomer First Green Bank is Thriving
Community banks in central Florida remain in recovery... Bank newcomers with little or no bad debt are thriving, however.
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Published on 10/23/2012
Deposits from Overseas - Carlos Fernandez-Guzman
The IRS now requires financial institutions to report interest paid to non-resident alien depositors. How will the new regulation affect international banking in Florida?
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Published on 10/23/2012
Community Banks in Florida are 'Slow to Recover'
A struggling economy over the past five years triggered the failure of eight banks in the Northwest Florida region.
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Published on 10/22/2012
Big Exit, Big Opportunity
The end of the BankAtlantic community bank era in Florida means big opportunity for its buyer, North Carolina-based BB&T. Its acquisition of the Fort Lauderdale-based lender shoots it from 11th...
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Published on 10/17/2012
Deposits from Overseas - Tony Bejarano
The IRS now requires financial institutions to report interest paid to non-resident alien depositors. How will the new regulation affect international banking in Florida?
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Published on 10/16/2012
Windows of Opportunity
Miami-Dade is one of the largest deposit markets in the nation.
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Published on 10/10/2012
Deposits from Overseas - Grisel Vega
The IRS now requires financial institutions to report interest paid to non-resident alien depositors. How will the new regulation affect international banking in Florida?
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Published on 10/9/2012
Northeast - Ever Growing
Jacksonville-based EverBank is now the eighth largest bank in Florida
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Published on 10/5/2012
25 Biggest Accounting Firms in Florida
Florida's Biggest Accounting Firms in 2012
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Published on 10/2/2012
Tax Advantages
Bush tax cuts will expire at the end of the year unless Congress votes to extend them. Don't count on that.
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Published on 10/2/2012
Pride and a Fall: Naples Banker Jerry J. Williams
Was Jerry Williams too eager to save his bank -- or himself?
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Published on 10/2/2012
Big Banks Still Dominate Florida's Financial Landscape
Florida remains an attractive market for major banks.
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Published on 10/2/2012
Well-Heeled
Not all banks in Florida are in trouble. Below is a sampler of banks that have high equity-to-asset ratios
— and different growth strategies.
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Published on 10/1/2012
Disappearing Act for Some Florida Banks
Florida's going to lose at least another 70 banks
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Published on 10/1/2012
Home-Grown
Amid the financial meltdown, Brian Philpot and Rob Harper have turned profits from a real estate firm into a lending source, helping borrowers who can't get conventional loans.
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Published on 10/1/2012
An economic tale of two cities in Florida
Orlando and St. Petersburg embody the Florida challenge: Creating a new economic reality in the shadow of enduring stereotypes.
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Published on 5/4/2012
Florida's economic makeup
Florida's Economy - Perception vs. Reality
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Published on 5/2/2012
Outlook brightens for Florida business owners
Part of Florida Trend's Wealth Management Sector Portrait, 2012
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Published on 4/18/2012
Private Banking: Harris Private Bank - M&I Wealth Management
Profile of a private bank in Florida
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Published on 4/18/2012
South of the Border
The European crisis has investors eyeing Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico.
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Published on 4/9/2012
Private Banking: Sabadell Bank & Trust
Profile of a private bank in Florida
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Published on 4/4/2012
