South Financial Group

Departing Execs At Smaller TARP Banks Got Golden Parachutes

ProPublica | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business


Yesterday, the Treasury Department released new rules [1] on how much banks that received TARP money can pay their executives. Among the rules is one...

Bank Got Bailout, CEO Got Golden Parachute

ProPublica | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business


ProPublica

The South Financial Group announced this week that it had been approved to receive $347 million from the U.S. government. But the bank's founder and longtime CEO won't be sticking around.