Chris Cumming

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has lifted a consent order with Seattle Bank, which recently added $10 million of capital.

Chemical Financial (CHFC) in Midland, Mich., could raise up to $57.5 million through its recently announced stock offering, according to pricing information released Friday.

The $3.6 billion-asset Simmons First said Thursday that it plans to pay $53.6 million in cash for the Little Rock, Ark., bank.

The Treasury Department plans to auction nearly $118 million of shares in six lenders as it continues to wind down the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Landmark Community Bank in Collierville, Tenn., has agreed to acquire the central Tennessee assets of Cadence Bank, according to a report.

An activist investor with a reputation for pressuring management teams is pushing for a seat on the board of Malvern Federal Bancorp in Paoli, Pa.

Investors should brace for third-quarter earnings shock as banks' loan growth stalls and mortgage-banking revenue dries up even faster than predicted, according to an analyst report from BMO Capital Markets.

Marlin Business Services (MRLN) in Mount Laurel, N.J., has hired a chief lending officer for its bank.

BB&T (BBT) in Winston-Salem, N.C., has been closing branches across its network, but is planning to expand its presence in Texas by nearly 50%.

UMB Financial (UMBF) seeks to raise up to $242.2 million next week from a common stock offering that priced Tuesday.

The city of Richmond, Calif., is pushing forward with its plan to rescue underwater homeowners by buying their mortgages, and is leaving open the possibility of using eminent-domain to acquire loans that banks will not sell.

Craig Spengeman, the president of Peapack-Gladstone Financial's (PGC) wealth management unit, is retiring.

Carolina Bank Holdings in Greensboro, N.C., has bought back some of the preferred stock it issued through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Zions Bancorp. (ZION) in Salt Lake City plans to auction up to $250 million of debt through its online broker-dealer subsidiary.

Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC) in Jacksonville, Fla., has picked a veteran of Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and the former Wachovia to be its new chief executive.

CoBiz Financial in Denver has named new leadership at its banking franchise. Jonathan Lorenz has been named chairman of the board and Scott Page will replace Lorenz as chief executive at Colorado Business Bank and Arizona Business Bank.

The underwriters of Independent Bank Corp.'s (ICBP) recent offering plan to buy an additional $13.4 million worth of the company's stock.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., is setting up a regional headquarters in downtown Baltimore.

The rate at which banks approved small-business loans rose in August, as large banks approved the highest percentage of loan applications since the financial crisis began.

Visa, Goldman Sachs and Nike will replace Bank of America, Alcoa and Hewlett-Packard the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week in a shakeup of the blue-chip stock index.