Chris Cumming

CIB Marine Bancshares (CIBH) in Waukesha, Wis., has agreed to buy Avenue Mortgage in Naperville, Ill., CIB announced Monday. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

AmericanWest Bank in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to sell five Pacific Northwest branches in separate transactions.

Nasdaq has granted Broadway Financial (BYFC) in Los Angeles a six-month reprieve to raise its share price.

First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK) in Billings, Mont., has named Kevin Riley its next chief financial officer. Riley is leaving Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) in Pittsfield, Mass., where he has been CFO since 2007.

Eastwood plans to acquire the Austin, Minn., branches of QCR's Community National Bank along with $30.8 million in loans and $36.8 million in deposits, the companies announced Monday.

The $442 million-asset company began raising the capital on June 21; the campaign closed on Friday, according to a regulatory filing.

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas (FFBH) in Harrison has agreed to buy First National Security in Hot Springs, Ark.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin (ABCW) has defaulted on a loan from a group of banks led by U.S. Bancorp (USB) after the Federal Reserve Board rejected a request to extend the loan.

Allegiance Bancshares has hired a longtime Houston banker as its chief financial officer.

Community Bank Shares of Indiana in New Albany recorded a nearly $1 million charge in the second quarter for a failed-bank acquisition.

Banking technology firm Temenos has launched a tool designed to help banks integrate new IT systems with existing software.

Pathie McKee, the chief financial officer of ViewPoint Financial (VPFG), will step down on July 31. She will remain as a consultant through yearend, the Plano, Texas, company announced Wednesday.

Virginia Heritage Bank (VGBK) in Tysons Corner raised $22 million in its recent public offering.

The Treasury Department plans to sell its stake in eight more institutions as it seeks to continuing winding down the 5-year-old Troubled Asset Relief Program.

First Merchants (FRME) in Muncie, Ind., has reduced its ties to the Treasury Department's Small Business Lending Fund.

Serial acquirer Grandpoint Capital has agreed to buy Gilmore Bank. Both are in Los Angeles.

First ULB (FUBP) in Oakland, Calif., has agreed to buy Union Financial in Albuquerque, N.M.

Consumers Bancorp (CBKM) in Minerva, Ohio, has completed a $9.7 million rights offering and will seek to raise an additional $300,000 through a public offering of common stock.

Peoples Bancorp in Marietta, Ohio, plans to enter the Cleveland market by acquiring Ohio Commerce Bank in Beachwood.

The former president of the failed Mutual Bank in Harvey, Ill., has been banned from the banking industry by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.