Chris Cumming

Sunrise Community Banks in St. Paul, Minn., plans to combine three bank charters.

United Community Financial (UCFC) in Youngstown, Ohio, is looking to raise $5 million through a rights offering.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage debt rose by 0.9% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, to $21.8 billion, marking the highest year-over-year improvement since the second quarter of 2008, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Monday.

Bank of the West in San Francisco is making a middle-market commercial lending push.

Christine Rush announced plans to retire as the $855 million-asset company's CFO on May 10, Old Line disclosed in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Provident Bank announced Thursday that it had hired John Lynch, a senior financial consultant who will focus on clients in the lower Hudson Valley.

Pacific Mercantile in Costa Mesa, Calif., reported a fourth-quarter loss as expenses rose and a tax benefit dwindled.

The Treasury Department plans to auction its holdings in seven banks, including Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), as it continues to unwind the Troubled Asset Relief Program holdings.

Bank of Farmington in Illinois is launching an investment-services division. The new unit, Bank of Farmington Investment Services, will be headed by financial advisor Chad Mayall.

Cascade Bancorp (CACB), the holding company for the $1.3 billion-asset bank, said Thursday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities have terminated an August 2009 cease-and-desist order with the bank.

BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., has priced a planned secondary offering by its biggest investors.

The merger of NBT Bancorp (NBT) and Alliance Financial Group (ALNC) is nearly official.

OneWest Bank in Pasadena, Calif., which has been considering a sale or an initial public offering, has been meeting with potential merger partners, according to a report.

A personal appeal from American Samoa's governor is holding up Bank of Hawaii's (BOH) plan to exit the territory.

Premier Financial Bancorp (PFBI) in Huntington, W.Va., reported an increase in its quarterly profit that was driven largely by loan sales and improved asset quality.

John Stern will become corporate treasurer on July 1, U.S. Bancorp said Wednesday. Stern is currently senior vice president and manager of corporate funding. He has been with U.S. Bancorp since 2000.

BBCN Bancorp (BBCN) in Los Angeles has filled the leadership left open by Alvin Kang's resignation as president and chief executive earlier this year.

The chief executive of Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY) in Oakdale, Calif., is retiring, and its current president will succeed him.

Zions Bancorp (ZION) in Salt Lake City has hired a chief risk officer with regulatory and private-sector experience.

Annapolis Bancorp (ANNB) in Maryland has repaid its Troubled Asset Relief Program funds in preparation for its sale to F.N.B. Corp (FNB).