The year ahead
http://www.cbinsight.com/what-2015-holds-for-community-banks.html
Wake up call
http://www.cbinsight.com/regulatory-concerns-about-bank-culture-should-serve-as-a-wake-up-call.html
Tiny Bank Pick from Phil Timyan
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2892286-bank-of-utica-tender-will-generate-35minus-42-percent-upside
The engine that can
http://www.bankdirector.com/index.php/issues/strategy/why-community-banks-matter-and-will-survive/
Acquire or acquired recap
http://www.bankdirector.com/index.php/issues/manda/acquired-or-be-acquired-2015-video-recaps/
Fertile Florida
https://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/Article.aspx?cdid=A-30957639-10540
Small bank M&A picking up
https://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/Article.aspx?cdid=A-30798277-9774
Burdens hurt lending
http://www.icba.org/news/newsreleasedetail.cfm?ItemNumber=190663
Easing the way
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-moves-to-ease-mergers-among-small-banks-1422569786
Big Love
http://www.wsj.com/articles/big-love-beckons-for-midsize-banks-heard-on-the-street-1422829969
An eye on M&A
http://www.thestate.com/2015/01/30/3960398/communityone-bancorp-turns-its.html
Breaking up the bigs
Activists and takeovers emerging