Joseph Kellard

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., reported higher quarterly profits that reflected increased lending.

TFS Financial in Cleveland posted a double-digit profit increase in the quarter that ended June 30 thanks to a combination of improved credit quality and lower expenses.

Middleburg Financial in Virginia, which recently faced criticism from its biggest investor, has a new chairman.

Iberiabank in Lafayette, La., neutralized the energy issues common to Gulf region lenders these days with a one-two punch of stronger fee income and robust, more profitable lending.

Multiple acquisitions weighed down quarterly profit at TowneBank in Suffolk, Va.

Brent Beardall, who has been with Washington Federal since 2001, was named president of the $14.8 billion-asset company and its primary banking unit and retains his job as chief banking officer.

United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., reported higher quarterly gains spurred by fee revenue.

Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., reported higher quarterly profit because of loan sales and increases in other fees.

Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., reported higher quarterly earnings as it continued to benefit from a recent acquisition.

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., reported higher quarterly profit tied to loan growth and increased fee income.

Deposit growth and loan sales gave Flagstar Bancorp's second-quarter profit a lift. The $13.7 billion-asset company said its net income in the three months rose 2.1% to $47 million, or 66 cents a share, compared with last year's second quarter.

The $2.1 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings rose 4.7% from a year earlier to $3 million, or 16 cents a share.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, reporter lower quarterly profit that reflected declines in service charges and higher expenses.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Mass., reported higher quarterly profit driven by loan and deposit growth and expense reductions.

Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa., reported a quarterly loss after prepaying some Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings.

Lakeland Financial Corp. in Warsaw, Ind., said its second-quarter profit rose 13% to $12.8 million on loan and deposit growth and higher net interest income.

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu reported higher quarterly profit that reflected deposit growth.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has issued $150 million in subordinated debt after increasing the amount it originally planned to sell.

Fee income, niche financing lines and auto lending drove second-quarter profits at TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn.

Second-quarter earnings at Cathay General Bancorp in Los Angeles fell 22.9% to $34.8 million from a year earlier on a triple-digit spike in chargeoffs.