The Fed’s research raises more questions than it answers, among them: Is the researcher right when he says the great bankers he interviewed could run a bank successfully anywhere, anytime?

Debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRA), based in Norfolk, Va., reported Tuesday that its board approved a three-for-one-stock split by way of a dividend. The split is the first stock split in this manner since the company's initial public offering in 2002.

Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI) in Dallas has announced its CEO succession plan. Keith Cargill, 60, will become president and chief executive of the $10 billion-asset company when current chief George Jones, 69, retires at yearend.

Maria Teresa Tejada will join the $89 billion-asset company on Aug. 12, it said Tuesday. She succeeds William Hartmann, who was promoted to chief risk officer last July, a KeyCorp spokeswoman said.

Eastern Virginia Bankshares (EVBS) in Tappahannock has extended the deadline for a pending rights offering.

Hanmi announced late Tuesday that Chong Guk Kum would replace Jay S. Yoo as president of the holding company and its $2.8 billion-asset bank.

U.S. Bank's incoming mortgage president Rick Aneshansel argues that purchase volume will not make up for the drop in refinancing, and that some lenders will have little choice but to quit the business or pair up with a competitor.

The famously outspoken CEO of JPMorgan Chase has kept relatively quiet during the last few months of shareholder pressure and regulatory scrutiny. On Tuesday, he tried to make up for lost time.

Many of bankers' concerns and fears about the FFIEC's proposed social media rules are unfounded, says Elizabeth Khalil, senior policy analyst at the FDIC.

Banks that still hold Tarp funds face the prospect of dividend rates rising to 9% from 5% at a time when many of those institutions are still struggling.

Urban Partnership Bank in Chicago has been designated a minority depositary institution by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

M&A consolidation, improved portfolio performance and legislation leveling the playing field provide incentive for midsize banks to relaunch card programs.

The proposed sale of Atlantic Coast Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., did not sail with investors. Shareholders rejected Bond Street Holdings' $13.1 million, or $5-per-share, offer on Tuesday.

Green Dot (GDOT) has agreed to acquire the Wal-Mart-branded prepaid card business from GE Capital Retail Bank.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders sued the U.S., alleging that the 2008 takeover of the housing lending giants was illegal and cost investors billions of dollars.

C&F Financial (CFFI) has agreed to acquire Central Virginia Bankshares. Both are in the Richmond, Va., area.

A dubious story about double-charging in Marks & Spencer, the retail home of the British middle classes, is worth examining to make sure similar misconceptions don’t spread in the U.S.

The Treasury Department has begun auctioning more than $51 million of stock that it acquired through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The FHFA has yet to post to its website any public comments related to a proposed ban on commissions and reinsurance agreements in force-placed insurance. So we're posting some obtained from key voices in the industry and government.