Robert Barba

After striking two deals around Kansas City, Mo., last year, Laney, the Boston-based president and chief executive of NBH Holdings Corp., has moved on to Colorado, buying the $1 billion-asset Bank of Choice in Greeley on Friday in a deal with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Mich. is exiting the Atlanta market to focus on its core banking business in the Midwest and problems and its expansion into the Northeast.

A large securities gain boosted second quarter earnings at Heartland Financial USA Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, by 137% from a year earlier, to $8.9 million.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., reported that its second quarter earnings rose nearly 25% from a year earlier, to $22.4 million, up nearly 25%, due largely to lower credit costs.

Chemical Financial Corp. in Midland, Mich., reported Monday that its second quarter earnings rose 150% from a year earlier, to $11 million, as credit costs fell and net interest income increased.

Bank of Hawaii Corp. in Honolulu reported that its earnings fell nearly 25% from a year earlier, to $35.1 million, as it paid out $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving overdraft fees on debit cards.

Bank Mutual Corp. in Milwaukee reported a loss of $51.4 million for the second quarter, largely stemming from a $52.6 million goodwill impairment charge.

If the second quarter's results are any indication, Hancock Holding Co.'s acquisition of Whitney Holding Co. is destined to be a crowd pleaser.

Despite having negative equity, Albina Community Bancorp in Portland, Ore., managed to turn a profit for a second quarter in a row.

TCF Financial Corp. in Wayzata, Minn., reported earnings of $29.8 million in the second quarter, down 33% from a year earlier, as the company grapples with ways to replace fee income.

The Treasury Department has ordered board appointments to two banking companies that have missed dividend payments on its bailout investments.

On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based company reported year-over-year loan growth of 4%, while it reported an 11% increase in lending activity, which includes loan commitments, from the first quarter.

John Kanas released a statement on Tuesday re-asserting that BankUnited Inc.'s planned acquisition of Herald National Bank jibes with his noncompete provisions with Capital One Bank.

Mercantile Bank reported second-quarter earnings of $2.4 million, compared to a reported loss of $700,000 a year earlier, driven largely by a reduction in credit costs.

A trio of Colorado congressmen — Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton — are sponsoring the Capital Access for Main Street Act.

Another Friday night of failures brought down four banks in regions that have been all too familiar with closures.

Despite declining nonperforming assets, Severn Bancorp Inc. in Annapolis, Md., boosted its loan-loss reserves by $3 million in the second quarter.

First Place Financial Corp. said this week that it has launched an audit of its 2009 results and that it now operating under a cease-and-desist order from the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Driven by improved credit quality and double-digit increases in bank card and trust fees, Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., reported a profit of $69 million in the second quarter, up 16% from the same period a year earlier.

The $14 billion-asset Wintrust struck a deal with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday for the assets and deposits of First Chicago Bank and Trust, its third FDIC transaction this year.