Looking For Dividend Growth? Try These 8 Regional Banks

It's earnings season. This means, among many things, dividend increases. I track these for my own investing purposes, and I've noticed a trend over the past week: overwhelming dividend increases within the financials. I have noticed this trend among the regional banks especially. Many of these companies were hit hard in the 2008 crisis and ensuing "great recession". However, due to their small size and the maneuverability and flexibility that this enables them to have, many of the regional banks have begun to bounce back and are in healthy positions to begin building back their dividends (this is especially apparent in the 2012 EPS growth rates of the companies discussed below). These regionally based banks have the assets and lending power to give their clients the "big bank" experience; however, they also have a localized focus due to their regional approach that lends itself to unparalleled customer service. With sector... Read more