Chris Cumming

D.A. Davidson has agreed to buy the Los Angeles broker-dealer and money-management firm Crowell, Weedon & Co.

The investors would inject $50 million into the struggling lender, the bank said Monday. U.S. Century would also sell its nonperforming loans, which totaled $95 million at March 31, to "unrelated third parties" for an undisclosed price.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy four branches from Zions Bancorp.'s (ZION) California subsidiary.

First Busey Bancorp (BUSE) in Champaign, Ill., reported a dip in quarterly profit as lending revenue fell and expenses rose.

BOK Financial Corp. in Tulsa, Okla., reported a higher first-quarter profit due to loan recoveries and higher fee income.

Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) in Paramus, N.J., reported a 34% decline in quarterly profit as it waits for regulators to approve its sale to M&T Bank (MTB).

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has hired Citigroup (NYSE: C) executive Maria Veltre as its new chief marketing officer.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., reported as rise in quarterly profit as its loan portfolio grew.

Intuit Financial Services has released a tablet banking app for the Android operating system.

Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, reported lower quarterly earnings as compensation expenses rose.

Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., reported lower quarterly profit as its interest income fell and compensation costs rose.

Business Bancshares in St. Louis has exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

A newly formed Bangladeshi bank, South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce Bank, has begun using Temenos' core banking software.

Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has picked Joseph Seiler to head commercial banking.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City is planning to raise up to $100 million through its online broker-dealer subsidiary.

First Financial Northwest (FFNW) in Renton, Wash., has been freed from an enforcement action.

BNC Bancorp (BNCN) in Thomasville, N.C., plans to buy back its Troubled Asset Relief Program shares from investors who bought them in a Treasury Department auction last summer.

HCBF will merge BSA Financial's $168 million-asset Bank of St. Augustine into Harbor Community Bank when the deal closes, the companies said Friday.

Jacksonville Bancorp is preparing to offer shareholders the right to buy $5 million of stock. The $565 million-asset company said Friday that it will give shareholders the right to buy stock for 50 cents a share, the same pricing of a $50 million private placement in that concluded last December.

Provident Financial Services (PFS) in Iselin, N.J., reported lower quarterly earnings as margins tightened and noninterest income fell.