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Mercantile

Relating to trade or commerce; commercial; having to do with the business of buying and selling; relating to merchants.

A mercantile agency is an individual or company in the business of collecting data about the financial status, ability, and credit of individuals who are engaged in business. Once this information is compiled, it is sold by the agency to its customers, who are known as subscribers. Mercantile agencies are known as credit bureaus in current usage.

mercantile

adjective business, commercial, exchange, financial, fiscal, industrial, market, merchandising, monetary, trade
Associated concepts: mercantile law, mercantile paper

See also: commercial, industrial, retail

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Finally, Jeff Kaiser, who has been with Mercantile Bank of Michigan for 15 years, will assume role as head of Risk Management Department.

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Mercantile with assets of about $3 billion operates 48 banking offices in central and western Michigan.

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Mercantile launched a securitisation vehicle to grow its business, through the issue of R240 million to the International Finance Corporation.

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Dillard's had been interested in purchasing Mercantile since early 1997 and discussed a possible deal at each of its regularly scheduled board meetings from November until February.

Customers of Stephens own $8 million in Mercantile

The merger is now expected to be completed as of June 1, with the companies operating as Mercantile Bank Corp.

United States : MERCANTILE BANK gets the green light to merge with FIRSTBANK CORP

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Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mercantile Bank Corporation is the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan, which operates seven full-service banking offices in Grand Rapids, Holland and Lansing, Michigan.

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Mercantile Bancorp owned Mercantile Bank, Royal Palm Bank and Heartland Bank.

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Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: MBWM) has closed on a repurchase of trust preferred securities that were being auctioned as part of a liquidation of a pooled collateralized debt obligation, the company said.

Mercantile repurchases USD11m in trust preferred securities

Awerkamp, who has served as president and CEO of the company and as chairman of Mercantile Bank since 2007.