Private equity firms could unload their bank investments if a weak economy and sluggish earnings persist.

United Community Banks (UCBI) in Blairsville, Ga., has registered $35 million in senior notes on behalf of several outside investors.

Sun Bancorp (SNBC) in Vineland, N.J., has received the Federal Reserve Board's blessing to hire Thomas R. Brugger as its chief financial officer.

QNB Corp. (QNBC) in Quakertown, Pa., is preparing to complete its previously announced succession plan.

Happy third anniversary, Brian Moynihan. Investors and others are complimenting your work streamlining the troubled Bank of America — and debating whether a new CEO is needed to kick-start growth.

Sound Community Bancorp in Seattle has ditched its federal thrift charter. The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions approved an application last week from Sound Community Bank for a state commercial bank charter, which went into effect immediately.

Bankers say their decisions and progress are retarded by uncertainty about pending government actions. That's nonsense. Seldom has the future been as clear as it is today.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Carol Galante as head of the Federal Housing Administration, the agency she has spent more than a year running as acting FHA commissioner.

The $1.8 billion-asset subsidiary of CNB Financial Corp. (CCNE) said Friday it has appointed Richard Greslick chief operating officer.

TF Financial (THRD) in Newtown, Pa., has agreed to acquire Roebling Financial (RBLG) in New Jersey for $14.5 million in stock and cash.

Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB) in Millersburg, Pa., has repaid the $10 million it owes the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

MB Financial Bank in Chicago has purchased Celtic Leasing, a privately held equipment-leasing company.

United Community Bancorp (UCBA) in Lawrenceburg, Ind., has raised enough funds from its community offering to complete its second-step conversion.

From exposes of questionable practices at megabanks to incursions onto bank turf by nontraditional players, these are American Banker's most popular stories of 2012.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has won a bid to dismiss a lawsuit that stems from its sale of securities backed by U.S. residential mortgages.

Little guys are getting a rare chance to feast at a big guy's expense. Small banks nationwide are eagerly buying dozens of branches from B of A, which must slim down. However, the buyers are at risk of gorging themselves.

An executive from a Missouri bank has been elected as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Covenant Bank in Chicago could fail if it does not raise fresh capital soon.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday slightly raised the asset threshold for banks that are required to collect certain mortgage disclosure data, increasing it by $1 million to $42 million.

Unable to seal their deal, C1 Bank and U.S. Century have instead struck a new agreement that would still give C1 a foothold in the Miami area.