Colin Wilhelm

Payment and identification card company American Banknote (ABnote) and cloud-based payment company MeaWallet are partnering to create an open-loop mobile wallet for ABnote customers.

PetLinx, a New Zealand startup that provides software for pet companies, has contracted Boston-based Cayan (formerly Merchant Warehouse) to provide payments support.

Farmer Mac reported higher second-quarter profit, citing an increase in the value of financial derivatives and hedged assets.

Wells Fargo has hired Allianz veteran Jasmine Jirele to head its trust operations team.

The NASA Federal Credit Union will mix science non-fiction and fiction, providing Star Trek themed credit cards on request to its members.

Ameriana Bancorp in New Castle, Ind., which is being acquired by First Merchants in Muncie, Ind., lowered its second-quarter profit after it discovered the sale required a higher tax payment.

Byron Thompson, chairman of Country Club Bank in Kansas City, Mo., has died.

BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., has promoted Michael McClanahan to the newly created position of Orlando market president.

Lending Club and Funding Circle are among the firms pledging to adhere to a range of self-imposed standards in small-business lending.

SunTrust Banks participated in a drug sting in South Florida in which law enforcement officers and a former bank branch manager may have behaved improperly, according to a story in the Miami Herald.

Coast Bancorp has sold two buildings next to its bank's headquarters in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and has refinanced debt.

Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., has been hit with an enforcement action by federal regulators for deficiencies in anti-money laundering compliance that were connected to a former check-cashing business.

Cordia Bancorp in Midlothian, Va., has named O.R. "Ed" Barham president and chief executive of Bank of Virginia.

The Distinguished Service Award winners for the 52nd Annual Defense Credit Union Conference have been named.

Great Western Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D., has named former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. vice chairman Andrew "Skip" Hove its new chairman.

Foundation Bank in Bellevue, Wash., has taken a $2.9 million charge tied to a fraudulent loan and plans to report a quarterly loss later this week.

Four Oaks Bank & Trust in Four Oaks, N.C., said its May 2011 enforcement action has been replaced with a more lenient agreement that requires it to address governance issues and other matters.

First Foundation in Irvine, Calif., has begun an initial public offering to raise up to $100 million.

Guardian Mortgage has named a Bank of America executive to succeed Marcia Phillips as chief executive.

Battery Ventures, a tech-focused investment firm, has agreed to acquire Physical Security Business Unit, part of the security division of Nice Systems, a vendor that focuses primarily on the financial services industry.