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OVBC vs. UBCP: Which bank stock deserves a spot in your portfolio?

Community banks are navigating a mixed operating backdrop marked by still-elevated funding costs, competitive deposit pricing ...
WDTV

First United Bank & Trust opened a new Westridge location on Wednesday

WESTOVER, W.Va (WDTV) - First United Bank & Trust held its ribbon-cutting celebration for its new Westridge location on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say this location replaces the Star City location ...
Morningstar

Community West Bancshares and United Security Bancshares to Merge

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ: CWBC), Fresno, California, parent company of Community West Bank and United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ: UBFO), parent company of United Security Bank, Fresno, ...
Bill McEwen

Community West, United Security Banks Merge

The trend of mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector continues as two local financial institutions combine. United Security Bank will join Community West Bank in an all-stock merger, expected ...
CNN

Israel approves 19 settler outposts in major expansion in occupied West Bank

In another major expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli cabinet approved on Thursday the legalization and establishment of numerous settler outposts, according to an ...
Reuters

Israel gives legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, media reports

JERUSALEM, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet has decided to give legal status to 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, including two that were vacated 20 years ago under a pullout aimed at ...
The Conversation

West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, ...