State mortgage financier gets nod to raise Sh10.5b

State mortgage financier gets nod to raise Sh10.5b

From left: Kenya Mortgage Finance Company (KMRC) Head of Risk and Compliance Florah Muthaura, IFC Business Development Lead for Financial Institutions East Africa Jes Chonzi, KMRC CEO Johnstone Oltetia, IFC Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa Gokhan Kont, KMRC Head of Legal Services Elisha Nyikuli and Head of Credit Geofrey Mwaura during a business meeting to discuss […]

United Community Banks, Inc. Announces Completion of Merger with Reliant Bancorp, Inc. and Reliant Bank

GREENVILLE, S.C., Jan. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) (United) has completed its merger, effective January 1, 2022, with Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQCM: RBNC) (Reliant), including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank, which was merged with and into United’s bank subsidiary, United Community Bank, and will now operate under the United […]

United Community Banks And Reliant Bancorp Announce Merger Agreement

United Community Banks, Inc. and Reliant Bancorp, Inc. announced Wednesday the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which United will acquire Reliant, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank, in an all-stock transaction with an aggregate value of approximately $517 million, or $30.58 per share of Reliant common stock, based on United’s closing stock […]

United Community Bank acquires Tennessee’s Reliant Bank in $517M deal

United Community Bank acquires Tennessee’s Reliant Bank in $517M deal

United Community Bank branch on Augusta Street in Greenville. Photo provided United Community Banks announced on Wednesday, July 14 it will acquire Reliant Bancorp and its subsidiary Reliant Bank. The transaction value is worth $517 million. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee near Nashville, Reliant was founded in 2006 by DeVan Ard, Jr. The bank has a […]

Britam registers Ksh. 9.1 Billion net loss for the year ended 31st December 2020

Britam registers Ksh. 9.1 Billion net loss for the year ended 31st December 2020

Britam Holdings has reported a net loss of Ksh. 9.1 billion for the financial year ended 31st December 2020. The financial services provider firm attributes this depressed financial performance to poor returns from investments in its associate Housing Finance Group and investment losses in Wealth Management Fund. Investment losses in Wealth Management Fund LLP amounted […]

256-Unit Greenbriar Affordable Housing Project Secures $29.5 Million In Financing

256-Unit Greenbriar Affordable Housing Project Secures $29.5 Million In Financing

The board of directors for Invest Atlanta ‘s housing finance group last week voted to issue up to $29.5 million in tax-exempt bonds to help finance part of Flats at Stone Hogan , an over 700-unit mixed-income community planned for the Greenbriar neighborhood. The financing will go toward the first 256 units of the project, […]