Hidden River Credit Union, which serves mostly school districts, is expanding its reach. The Pottsville, Pa., credit union has been approved by state regulators to convert to a community charter, allowing it to serve the 150,000 residents of surrounding Schuylkill County.

Bogota Savings Bank in Teaneck, N.J., has hired Brian McCourt as its chief financial officer. The $370 million-asset thrift said in a press release Wednesday that the CFO responsibilities were previously handled by Joseph Coccaro, who is also its president and chief executive.

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., has added a director. The $8.15 billion-asset company said that Peter Henseler, the president of toymaker RC2 Corp., had joined its board.

State regulators have approved an application from OnPoint Community Credit Union in Portland, Ore., to add Crook and Jefferson counties in central Oregon to its field of membership.

The Federal Reserve made public two written agreements for bank holding companies dealing with high levels of credit problems at their bank units.

Embarcadero Bank said late Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Coronado First Bank. The Coronado, Calif., banks will merge in a deal valued at $9.3 million, or $6.30 a share, according to a press release.

Wilmington Trust Corp. said Tuesday that a majority of its shareholders approved the company's sale to M&T Bank Corp. in Buffalo, N.Y.

Speaking at the annual ICBA convention, Ben Bernanke assured community bankers the Fed will attempt to protect them as it finalizes its rule capping debit interchange fees.

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will no longer apply a rate just to an institution's domestic deposits, instead capturing the entire funding base.

Reissued consent orders are longer and far more detailed, with higher capital ratio standards, despite improvements banks have already made.

Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., said it raised about $81 million in net proceeds from a recent public offering.

People's United Financial Inc., which recently entered mortgage warehousing, has amassed credit applications for almost $500 million, according to a company executive.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., has named C. Marvin Scott as its chairman and chief executive and Rick Gardner as its president.

Kondaur Capital, which a month ago slashed its loan workout staff by nearly 40%, hired Mark Ferrara as managing director of its newly formed community banking group.

A Kansas thrift has teamed up with Bankers Portfolio to refinance underwater mortgages where investors have agreed to take principal writedowns that meet FHA requirements.

FDIC chairman Sheila Bair received not one but two standing ovations from the ICBA, a week after she was heckled by members of the industry's other main trade group.

Two former officers of a failed Georgia bank have been indicted on conspiracy and fraud charges, the Justice Department said in a release Monday.

The $958.3 million-asset company named Bruce Boyea a director. Boyea is the chairman, president and chief executive of Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York.

Coastal Banking Co. of Beaufort, S.C., reported late Friday that its net loss shrank to $2.3 million in the fourth quarter from $11.9 million a year earlier.