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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Another depressed town due to the general economic malaise that bedraggled the region when the steelmaking industry moved elsewhere.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E.

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