Small Banks Continue Move to Birmingham

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Birmingham’s banking sector has seen smaller banks entering the market hoping to latch onto growth in the state’s biggest metro area. So far in 2016, that trend is not slowing. We start there in this week’s Magic City Marketplace. The Birmingham Business Journal’s Ty West also explains how the healthcare community is reacting to a General Fund budget Alabama’s Medicaid commissioner says is below what’s needed to maintain services.

 

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