Marissa Fajt

Pacific Capital Bancorp Inc. plans to sell its tax division — its most profitable line — after regulators blocked the company from making new tax loans in the coming year.

Unable to gain timely regulatory approval, Metro Bancorp Inc. has again delayed its acquisition of Republic First Bancorp Inc. in Philadelphia.

A recent failed-bank deal has handed the FDIC an opportunity to play the stock market — something the regulator will probably do more of in the coming year.

A recent failed-bank deal has handed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. an opportunity to play the stock market — something the regulator will probably do more of in the coming year.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania announced it has terminated an agreement to sell its Royal Asian Bank unit to a group of investors.

The main culprit in last week's demise of Independent Bankers' Bank in Springfield, Ill., was not an ailing loan portfolio but poorly performing investments in other banks.

City National Corp. in Los Angeles expanded its asset size by roughly 5% last weekend in its largest deal to date by acquiring the failed Imperial Capital Bank in La Jolla, Calif.

A few companies are trying to get the government to convert its preferred shares to common ones, but Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., had an even better idea, one widely expected to inspire imitators.

Patriot Bancshares Inc. in Houston has canceled its deal to buy the $497 million-asset Texas Community Bank in The Woodlands, Texas, the Houston Business Journal reported Friday.

Like so many others, East Carolina Bank in Englehard, N.C., wants to increase revenue and market share. But it is going about it in a new way.

When a group of would-be bank organizers recently landed a small Florida institution, they were foreshadowing the near-term future of industry M&A.

Though the market for trust-preferred securities remains strained, the warm reception for an offering from City National Corp. is expected to persuade others to consider this option for a capital boost.

Though the market for trust-preferred securities remains strained, the warm reception for an offering from City National Corp. is expected to persuade others to consider this option for a capital boost.

After six months of withholding all the losing bids made for failed banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has decided to resume releasing much of the information.

Sunwest Bank had some explaining to do after it pulled away from construction lending about five years ago. Now the Tustin, Calif., company's patience is paying off.

Bank of Florida in Naples, which is under regulatory pressure to raise capital, has postponed a $135 million stock offering, saying market conditions have deteriorated.

A new group formed to buy failing banks plans to use its recent deal for tiny, well-capitalized Palisades National Bank as a springboard for further acquisitions.

If you don't like the rules, change them. That's what one blank-check company did when a looming deadline threatened its plans to buy a Nevada bank.

John Kanas is remaking BankUnited in the image of the last company he ran, starting with a bold campaign to recruit bankers from rivals across Florida.

Horizon Financial Corp. in Bellingham, Wash., has warned that it may fail because the company and its bank unit are critically undercapitalized.