Chris Cumming

Tompkins Financial in Ithaca, N.Y., said Thomas Rochon will become chairman after the retirement next May of James Byrnes, the $4.9 billion-asset company's founding chairman.

Shares of First NBC Bank Holdings (NBCB) in New Orleans dipped after it reported a decline in quarterly income in its first earnings report since going public in May.

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Glacier Bancorp (GCBI) and Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY) all announced deal completions Wednesday.

Avidbank Holdings in Palo Alto, Calif., has completed the redemption of its Troubled Asset Relief Program stock.

Center Bancorp (CNBC) in Union, N.J., has named a new chairman for its bank. The $1.6 billion-asset company also announced Wednesday that it had made its interim chief financial officer permanent.

More banks are planning to sell or spin off businesses because of Basel III, shareholder pressure and other forces, according to the Institute of International Finance and EY.

The rapidly growing Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has split its commercial and retail banking operations.

Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI) in Dallas announced several executive moves in advance of its new chief executive taking office.

WSFS Financial in Wilmington, Del., is expanding its consumer lending business to include private student loans.

Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) in Paramus, N.J., reported a second-quarter profit of $48.7 million, down from $72.3 million in the second quarter of 2012. Earnings per share were 10 cents, in line with the average estimate of analysts polled by Bloomberg.

The chief executive of BOK Financial (BOKF) has decided to step down after 40 years with the Tulsa, Okla., company.

CIT Group in New York has named Randy Chesler as the president of its CIT Bank, based in Salt Lake City.

EverBank Financial (EVER) in Jacksonville, Fla., reported higher second-quarter earnings and said it would shut its wholesale-mortgage business.

Quarterly earnings fell at financial technology company FIS (NYSE: FIS), as rising expenses swallowed up an increase in revenue.

Mortgage loans on commercial properties rose sharply in the second quarter due largely to investors' heightened interest in apartment buildings.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago entered a written agreement with the $87 million-asset lender on July 23, Fed officials said Tuesday.

Regions Financial has hired a group of Texas bankers away from Wells Fargo.

Quarterly profit at Heartland Financial (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, slipped by 31% from a year earlier as costs rose and gains from loan sales fell.

John Salop of BB&T (BBT) succeeds Fred Rubin, the $875 million-asset Access announced Monday.

MainSource Financial Group (MSFG) in Greensburg, Ind., has been cleared to redeem the last of the preferred stock it had issued through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.