The Interview: Anita Newcomb, banking consultant

In coming years your community bank may be merging with a rival, closing branches and redesigning the interiors of branches that remain, says Columbia-based banking consultant Anita G. Newcomb. With nearly three decades of experience running banks, handling bank mergers and advising banks on strategy, Newcomb sees smaller lending institutions combining in a manner similar to what happened to the industry after the financial collapse of the late 1980s.

By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun

December 24, 2011