Chris Cumming

Darrell Green, an initial investor in the bank, enjoyed a Hall of Fame career with the National Football League's Washington Redskins.

Bank of American Fork in Utah held a retirement party Wednesday for an executive who has spent 45 years with the bank.

The deal-hungry Independent Bank Group in Mckinney, Texas, is planning to raise up to $92 million through an initial public offering.

Some think the Minnesota bank would be hard to sell, but if William Cooper got a deal done, he could make nearly $16 million.

Emigrant Bank in New York has received regulatory approval to sell branches to Apple Bank for Savings.

Federal prosecutors have charged Wilbur Tate, now of Dacula, Ga., with conspiracy to commit bank bribery, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said Wednesday.

OceanFirst Financial in Toms River, N.J., has hired the former chief executive of Patriot National Bancorp as its president.

Summit State Bank (SSBI) in Santa Rosa, Calif., has added Brad Baker to its board.

Louisiana Bancorp (LABC) in Metairie has wound up one stock buyback program and is beginning another.

Khanh Vuong has been named senior vice president and chief risk and investment officer for the company, which owns the $2.9 billion-asset Kearny Federal Savings Bank.

The mortgage lender and servicer New American Funding has chosen Ellie Mae's mortgage-management system.

First PacTrust Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., unveiled a management team for the residential warehouse lending division it is set to launch next month.

Patriot National Bancorp in Stamford, Conn., has appointed one of its director to become its chief executive.

BB&T (BBT) will record a hefty tax charge as it waits for the courts to resolve a longstanding dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

Oriental Financial Group (OFG) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hopes a new name will reflect a recent expansion.

First Scottsdale Bank in Arizona is buying a larger lender in Tucson, the Phoenix Business Journal reported Tuesday.

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank has selected Gino Martocci and two others to run the operations in the New York City region it is scheduled to acquire from Hudson City before midyear.

Standard Bancshares in Hickory Hills, Ill., has completed a capital raise from private-equity firms and named two directors.

First Security Group (FSGI) in Chattanooga, Tenn., is poised to raise $90 million from institutional investors.

Sabal Palm Bank in Sarasota, Fla., has tapped a local banker to become its leader after completing a community stock offering.