Colin Wilhelm

Banc of California in Irvine has begun two securities offerings, one of which aims to raise $175 million.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council issued two warnings today against cyberattacks on financial institutions and suggested ways banks can prepare for new onslaughts.

Community Trust Bank in Ruston, La., has bought four branches in Houston from Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss.

Four Oaks Fincorp has added a pair of directors with close ties to the Four Oaks, N.C., company.

Foundation Bancorp in Bellevue, Wash., has sold $15 million of convertible preferred stock in a private offering.

A long-awaited bill to enhance cybersecurity information sharing has taken a major step forward.

A long-awaited bill to enhance cybersecurity information sharing has taken a major step forward.

The Securities and Exchange Commission just gave unregistered banks a way to quickly raise capital at a fortuitous time — and marketplace lending platforms a way to reclaim their peer-to-peer roots.

Lending analytics firm Orchard Platform has cut a deal with alternative small-business lender Kabbage to allow institutions to invest in the latter's relatively new line of consumer loans.

Southern Missouri Bancorp in Poplar Bluff has filed to sell $20 million in preferred stock it issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Small Business Lending Fund.

Former Federal Reserve Gov. Jeremy Stein has agreed to consult for hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management, the fund announced Tuesday.

TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., has a new president. The $19.4 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Craig Dahl had taken on the newly created post.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.

London's Powa Technologies and AnywhereCommerce, a mobile payments technology firm based in Montreal, are teaming up to integrate their payment development software.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., has a new chief executive.

Community Bank Shares of Indiana in New Albany has registered to sell stock on behalf of several investors.

The $1.1 billion-asset company filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last week that will allow it to sell securities and issue debt.

Western Union and Hyperwallet, a payment tech firm, will partner to launch a new global mass payment product.

Signature Bank in New York has opened a private banking office in Greenwich, Conn.

UnionPay International, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China UnionPay, has launched a rewards program with duty free businesses at airports around the world.