Banks that received taxpayer bailouts had a lower average level of loans outstanding at the end of March than a month earlier, the Treasury Department reported on Monday. ...more

June 2, 2009

Billions of dollars flooded into banks' coffers as the credit crunch gripped the U.S. economy last year, but only a fraction of that stimulus money is going back into the community as loans, regulatory records show. ...more

March 6, 2009

An accountant who submitted false statements to a bank so he could get loans for his business and his clients was sentenced today in federal court to one year and a day in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

TAMPA - An accountant pleaded guilty today to lying to the Bank of Tampa to obtain more than $230,000 in commercial loans for his business. ...more

October 9, 2008

St. Petersburg-based financial services giant Raymond James Financial said Thursday that it will become a broad-line commercial bank, a move that should position it to compete more aggressively for new customers and help it become more of a recognized financial brand. ...more

September 26, 2008