Cap Markets

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., plans to raise about $55 million through a common stock offering.

Over the past two years, regulators have issued several proposals as part of efforts to make capital rules simpler, but the initiative should be more streamlined and allow more public input.

The debate over Rep. Jeb Hensarling's bill to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act is increasingly focusing on widely different philosophies about capital regulation.

A couple of years ago, the activist investor Joseph Stilwell said Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., deserved more time to try to right itself. Apparently he thinks that time is up.

The management team at Bank of the Ozarks knows it has a dependency on commercial real estate. But they assert that sound underwriting, and efforts to diversify, are what really matters when assessing risk.

First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu will be spun off rather than sold.

At least eight small mutuals have agreed in recent years to merge with another institution rather than convert to stock ownership. More deals could be on the way.

On the day Maurice Spagnoletti was murdered, his black Lexus sedan was full of balloons. It was June 15, 2011, the day before his wife's birthday, and he was planning a celebration.

Community banks are stepping up efforts to raise cheap capital to fuel loan growth, make acquisitions and redeem pricier sources of funds.

North Carolina has lost more than 40% of its banks in the past decade, creating a new tier of larger institutions. More deals are expected to occur, raising questions about the pace of M&A and the fate of those bigger banks.