Alan Kline

Northern Trust Corp. will remain the title sponsor of a top professional golf tournament in Los Angeles at least through 2016.

Northern Trust Corp. will remain the title sponsor of a top professional golf tournament in Los Angeles at least through 2016.

Tri-Valley Bank in San Ramon, Calif., is looking to raise roughly $7 million in a private placement that the bank said it would use to support growth and boost its capital levels.

Tri-Valley Bank in San Ramon, Calif., is looking to raise roughly $7 million in a private placement that the bank said it would use to support growth and boost its capital levels.

Suffolk Bancorp in Riverhead, N.Y., has announced that it may need to restate earnings for several quarter after identifying weaknesses in its methodology for calculating loan losses.

Suffolk Bancorp in Riverhead, N.Y., has announced that it may need to restate earnings for several quarter after identifying weaknesses in its methodology for calculating loan losses.

ViewPoint Financial Group Inc. in Plano, Texas, said Thursday that Gary Base, its longtime president and chief executive, will retire at the end of the year.

Mounting problems in construction lending have forced NASB Financial Inc. in Grandview, Mo., to restate earnings for its fiscal first quarter and delay reporting second-quarter earnings.

Farm Credit System lenders have finally won permission from their regulator to bid on the assets of failed banks.

The Small Business Administration has named 15 individuals from the worlds of business, academia, economic development and politics to a newly created council that will advise the SBA on ways to stimulate economic growth in low-income areas and better serve disadvantaged communities.

ViewPoint Financial Group Inc. in Plano, Tex., has announced that longtime President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Base will retire at the end of this year.

Mounting problems in its construction loan portfolio have forced NASB Financial Inc. in Grandview, Mo., to restate earnings for its fiscal first quarter and delay reporting its second-quarter earnings.

Trustmark Corp. in Jackson, Miss., said Tuesday that Daniel Grafton has become chairman of both the company and Trustmark Bank.

The parent company of the investment firm Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc. is planning to enter the banking business.

Coming off a weak first quarter, BancorpSouth Inc. in Tupelo, Miss., announced Tuesday that it would close or consolidate 23 underperforming branches this year.

Trustmark Corp. in Jackson, Miss., announced Tuesday that it has named board member Daniel Grafton as chairman of both the company and its main subsidiary, Trustmark Bank.

A new survey shows that investors and bank execs can't seem to agree on which direction bank stocks are headed: 39% say they'll do worse in 2011 than in 2010, 36% say better.

The parent company of the investment firm Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc. is planning to enter the banking business.

Coming off a weak first quarter, BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., announced Tuesday that it is planning to close or consolidate 23 underperforming branches later this year.

The $2.4 billion-asset company said late Friday that it had filed a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to start selling stock in July.