At Hamilton Bank, a Towson-based financial institution with seven branches, cybersecurity used to be one employee’s part-time job a few years ago and an outside security company would come in every three years for a couple of days to check ...

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Four former executives for the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program were convicted Thursday on fraud and conspiracy charges.

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Bankers in Maryland remain watchful of efforts to repeal large portions of Dodd-Frank, the 2010 law created to impose tough regulations on the industry in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed the ...

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Consumer rights advocates, joined by Maryland’s attorney general, and the banking industry are going toe to toe over a federal proposal to block banks from using mandatory arbitration to resolve disputes with their customers. The 90-day comment period on a ...

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Even if your local bank branch is looking a little different these days, the bank branch is here to stay. “The community banking model isn’t ever going away, it’s never going out of style,” said Mindy Lehman, vice president of ...

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Easton-based Shore Bancshares Inc. has finished merging its banking subsidiaries, The Talbot Bank and CNB. The new bank is called Shore United Bank. Shore Bancshares says Shore United Bank will continue to operate all 18 branches, a loan production office, and ...

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The FBI is looking for a bank robber who disguises himself with bandages, glasses and a neck brace and has hit nine Maryland banks in six months. The agency said in a news release Tuesday that the robber, nicknamed the ...

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As the state gears up to get its first medical marijuana dispensaries, like any business these stores are going to need a place to manage and secure their money. As federal regulations stand, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I ...

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An Oakland lawyer was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison for her role in a bank fraud scheme involving real estate deals in western Maryland. Angela M. Blythe, 52, also must forfeit nearly $700,000 and pay ...

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Delmarva Bancshares, Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Easton Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Easton Bank & Trust Company, for $8 million in cash. Delmarva, parent company of 1880 Bank, said it expects the sale to be completed late in the third ...

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