Alan Kline

A Florida court has given JPMorgan Chase (JPM) preliminary approval to pay $110 million to settle a class-action claim that accused the bank of charging excessive overdraft fees.

Roughly two months after putting itself up for sale after its plan for raising fresh capital fell through, BancTrust Financial Group in Mobile, Ala., has found a buyer.

Buoyed by strong revenue and loan growth, the U.S. operations of TD Bank Group in Toronto reported earnings of $358 million in the quarter that ended April 30, up 16% from the same period last year.

A small Florida bank has refused to sign an enforcement order that would require it to beef up its capital reserves and reduce its risk, and now its state regulator is asking the courts to step in.

In a Harvard Business Review op-ed, ex-Citigroup and Bank of America executive Sallie Krawcheck provides a glimpse of how she'd run a bank if given the chance.

Nearly a year after calling off a stock sale that would have sharply diluted the value of its shares, Independent Bank in Ionia, Mich., said it would instead raise capital by selling off a batch of branches.

State Street Corporation (STT) wants to bulk up in Europe and its chairman is telling investors that it is eyeing deals for the custody operations of the continent’s largest banks.

Howard Bancorp in Ellicott City, Md., is looking to raise up to $12.8 million through a combined stock sale and private placement and it intends to use at least some of the proceeds to pursue acquisitions.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has brought in an executive from global giant Standard Chartered Bank to head its international banking operations.

QNB Bank in Quakertown, Pa., announced Tuesday that its longtime chief executive is retiring at the end of this year and that its board has elected the bank’s president to succeed him.

Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) in White Plains, N.Y., is opening a fourth branch in Massachusetts as part of its continued expansion in the suburbs surrounding Boston.

Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ) in Portland, Ore., continues to ramp up in commercial real estate lending at a time when many other banks are shying away from the sector.

Three prominent private-equity groups that already own significant stakes in Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) have agreed to pump another $50 million into the Norfolk, Va., company.

FNB United (FNBN) in Asheboro, N.C., is planning to sell up to two million shares of its common stock in a move that could net it close to $60 million of fresh capital.

More than 100 former HSBC Bank branches across upstate New York and Connecticut are now operating as branches of First Niagara Bank.

National Bank Holdings in Boston is shifting its headquarters to Denver following a string of bank acquisitions in Colorado and nearby states.

Now that a proposal to give credit unions more business lending power has been tabled, banks and credit unions have resumed their long-running battle over taxes.

BankTennessee in Collierville has been released from a two-year-old enforcement order after it improved its capital ratios and sharply reduced its concentration of commercial real estate and construction loans.

More than two-dozen have already announced that would stop filing reports with the regulator and many more could follow as they aim to cut costs.

Capitol City Bank, a minority-owned bank in Atlanta that is under orders from its regulators to add fresh capital, is getting a shot in the arm from SunTrust Banks (STI).