Chris Cumming

Atlantic Coast Financial Corp. (ACFC) in Jacksonville has priced its public offering at a slight discount to its trading price.

The small-dollar lender First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) has agreed to buy a 12-store pawnshop chain in the Charleston, S.C., area.

The heads of U.S. Bancorp (USB) and Bank of America (BAC) have been re-elected to the board of The Clearing House, a payments company and trade group owned by the largest U.S. banks.

Capital One Financial (COF) has a new chief of Canadian operations, Shane Holdaway.

Heartland Financial (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has purchased a bank of River Valley Bancorp in Davenport, Iowa.

The technology company Omyen Corp. has released software that lets retirement advisors produce custom reports for their clients.

DCB Financial (DCBF) in Lewis Center, Ohio, has been freed from a Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland order.

WSFS Financial (WSFS) in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to buy First Wyoming Financial in Wyoming, Del.

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Capital Bank Financial (CBF) in Coral Gables, Fla., has hired a former Huntington (HBAN) executive for its top technology job.

Jacksonville Bancorp (JAXB) in Florida reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as lowered its expenses and its loan-loss provision.

The Treasury Department is taking a roughly 45% discount its latest auction of Troubled Asset Relief Program shares.

First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) in Baltimore recorded a large third-quarter loss after its mortgage revenue fell by more than 80% from a year earlier.

Banc of California's (BANC) president has resigned after the Irvine company reported a large quarterly loss and dive in its capital ratios.

The $19.3 billion-asset company plans to merge its Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank subsidiaries in the first quarter of 2014, pending regulatory approval, it said Thursday.

The $649 million-asset company said late Thursday that it had retained Sterne, Agee & Leach, making the announcement after it prevailed in a bitter contest with an activist investor.

The Federal Reserve Board has announced the termination of regulatory orders with four lenders Thursday: FNB United (now named CommunityOne Bancorp), Highland Bancshares, National Consumer Cooperative Bank and NCB Financial.

Stephen Carpenter will step down as CU Bancorp's vice chairman and become a director emeritus at the end of the year, the $1.3 billion-asset company said Thursday.

Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC) in Poplar Bluff has agreed to buy Citizens State Bankshares of Bald Knob in Arkansas.

U.S. Bank (USB) will have to face a lawsuit alleging that it helped a Ponzi schemer steal hundreds of millions from his clients, a judge ruled Tuesday.