Brian Browdie

The executive suite at Texan Bank in Sugar Land, Texas, has become a family affair. The $80.7 million-asset bank recently named veteran banker Kenneth Koncaba Jr. chief executive officer.

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a controversial bill that aims to bolster the nation's defenses against cyber threats.

Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has inked major leaguers Hyun-Jin Ryu and Shin-Soo Choo to multiyear marketing deals to attract Korean-American consumers and baseball fans in general.

Expense related to failed bank deals weighed on Simmons First National (SFNC) in Pine Bluff, Ark., in the first quarter.

Fee income and securities sales lifted Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI) in Oak Ridge, N.J., in the first quarter.

Lower yields weighed on People's United Financial (PBCT) in Bridgeport, Conn., in the first quarter.

Fees from residential refinancings propelled Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR) in Olney, Md., in the first quarter.

U.S. Bancorp (USB) is about to add a service for Somali immigrants in the U.S.

Fee income lifted first-quarter profits at Wintrust Financial (WTFC) in Rosemont, Ill.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) will pay $16 million to settle long-standing charges that it misled investors about its financial condition on the eve of the mortgage meltdown.

Ensenta, a developer of software for the financial industry, has received a patent for software designed to deter fraud in connection with check deposits.

Swift, the international payment messaging group, has joined with the International Chamber of Commerce to help companies finance international trade transactions.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to pass controversial legislation that aims to deter cyberattacks.

Fees and commissions provided a silver lining for BancFirst in Oklahoma City last quarter.

Jacoby Dickens, majority owner and chairman of Seaway Bancshares, died Sunday at his home in Fisher Island, Fla., Crain's Chicago Business reported.

Strong fee income and rising stock markets lifted Northern Trust (NTRS) in the first quarter. Earnings at the nation's third-largest custody bank rose 2% from the same period a year earlier, to $164 million.

A strengthening housing market lifted Washington Federal (WAFD) in Seattle in the first quarter.

Fundtech has added a customer for its cash management system.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., has named a new chief financial officer.

Regulators may fault JPMorgan Chase (JPM) for failing to conduct sufficient due diligence into accounts held by the investment firm of disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff, Reuters reported Monday.