2023-11-01
The Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions issued its November 2023 Monthly Bulletin detailing regulatory actions for state-chartered banks and trust companies. The document records the proposed merger of Mississippi River Bank into Merchants & Marine Bank and approves several new branch openings and relocations by institutions such as b1BANK, Citizens Progressive Bank, and Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company. These approvals cover domestic expansions in Louisiana as well as the establishment of loan production offices in Texas and Florida.