Kristin Broughton

Ocean Bank in Miami has signed a three-year agreement to put its name at the top of Florida International University's football stadium.

Officials at PayPal said they were pleasantly surprised by the free plug that the electronic payment service got on a recent episode of "The Leftovers," a new HBO hit series.

BancorpSouth has withdrawn applications for two planned acquisitions after the Tupelo, Miss., company drew regulatory scrutiny for its Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta has named Susan Somersille Johnson head of its marketing division.

Independent Bank in Rockland, Mass., has agreed to buy Peoples Federal Bancshares in Brighton.

Anchor Bancorp in Madison, Wis., is back on solid ground with federal regulators.

Payment processor epay plans to offer proximity-based mobile advertisements to consumers in the U.K., with plans to extend the technology to other regions over the next year.

Jennifer Openshaw has been named the executive director of the Financial Women's Association, a nonprofit business forum for women.

Equity Bank in Wichita, Kan., has agreed to sell two Kansas City branches to TriCentury Bank in Simpson, Kan.

Evercore, an investment bank that often advises others on M&A deals, plans two acquisitions of its own.

Second-quarter earnings at the country's largest mortgage banks met analyst expectations, according to a recent report from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

Severn Bancorp in Annapolis, Md., has reported a loss for the second quarter, following a revision to its initial quarterly results.

Carolina Alliance Bank in Spartanburg, S.C., has agreed to buy the operations of a local commercial leasing office.

Roam, a Boston-based unit of Ingenico, has begun offering its mobile payment services on Leapfactor, a business software platform.

Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, plans to lay off nearly 200 employees, as part of an internal reorganization.

Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., has agreed to buy Intervest Bancshares in New York for $228.5 million in stock.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has appointed a new director for its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

Cullen/Frost Bankers in San Antonio, Texas, reported an uptick second-quarter earnings, boosted by its recent acquisition of WNB Bancshares.

Tighter margins held back BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., last quarter. The $28 billion-asset company reported a profit of $76.7 million, down 4% from the same period last year.

BBVA Compass in Houston reported a drop in second-quarter earnings, partly because of a larger loan-loss provision.