Chris Cumming

The chief financial officer of Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) in Boston plans to resign.

The $806 million-asset company and the FDIC entered into a consent order related to AML and Bank Secrecy Act controls, staffing and administration, Banesco said Friday.

The chief marketing officer of Wilshire Bancorp (WIBC) in Los Angeles has resigned after just three months in the role.

Colorado's top banking regulator — the only state supervisor to get overruled by the Federal Reserve Board on a failure — is retiring.

The $7.3 million-asset company said late Thursday that it will buy a professional-services practice from EBS-RMSCO, a Lifetime Healthcare unit, for an undisclosed price.

Metropolitan National Bank in New York is changing its name and ditching its national charter.

The Federal Reserve Board has ended a regulatory action against PathFinder Bancorp (PBHC) in Lake Oswego, N.Y.

The ongoing debate over community bank consolidation also extends to big shareholders. While most prefer to see deals, there are a few who argue that well-run banks can stay independent.

A group of First National Community Bancorp's (FNCB) current and former directors have agreed to pay $5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming that they failed to properly oversee risky practices.

A decision by Popular (BPOP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to reduce its stake in a former technology subsidiary could help it exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) for misclassifying troubled loans during the housing crisis.

Patriot Financial Partners, a Philadelphia PE firm that specializes in community banks, has agreed to buy more than 1.5 million shares of Banc of California for $13.25 each, a price 6% higher than the company's Tuesday closing price of $12.46 a share.

The Treasury Department estimates that it made more than $13.1 million from the sale of warrants in Cathay General Bancorp (CATY).

Frustrated by the lack of new banking charters, two banking trade groups are urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to relax restrictions on startup institutions.

The Treasury Department was set Tuesday to sell the warrants it held in Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) in Los Angeles.

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin (ABCW) returned to profitability in the third quarter, after restructuring its debt through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and getting $175 million in new capital.

American Momentum Bank in Tampa, Fla., is seeking regulatory approval to move its headquarters to College Station, Texas.

ServisFirst Bancshares in Birmingham, Ala., has raised about $10.4 million through a private placement.

The $126 billion-asset company plans to redeem the notes, and pay about $10.3 million in unpaid dividends, on Dec. 30, it announced last week.

United Bancshares (UBSI) in Charleston, W.Va., and Virginia Commerce Bancorp (VCBI) in Arlington have pushed back the deadline for their merger as they await final regulatory approval.