Cap Markets

Franklin Financial Network in Franklin, Tenn., has filed plans to raise up to $62 million in a common stock offering.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco is looking to raise $287 million from a secondary offering.

It is premature to say whether criticism of cross-selling and calls to break up the big banks will lead to action, but there is one area where a spinoff could actually be in the banks' interest.

First United in Oakland, Md., is looking to raise up to $9.3 million through a rights offering.

The $408 million-asset company said in a press release that it completed a private placement of subordinated debt to accredited institutional investors.

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is raising another $52.5 million from the latest in a series of public offerings this year.

Thomas Depping, who quit banking out of frustration with regulators five years ago, says Warburg Pincus' deep pockets will help him make Ascentium Capital a household name among small-business borrowers.

Bank of Commerce in Sarasota, Fla., will change hands following a bankruptcy auction.

Medallion Bank in New York has sold its asset-based lending division to an unnamed buyer.

Shiv Govindan at Pilgrims & Indians Capital has kept a relatively low profile as a bank investor. But two key board appointments at struggling community banks promise to make him a more visible player in the industry.