Because its customers have already gravitated toward remote check capture and online wire transfers, business is carrying on fairly normally at The Westchester Bank as Hurricane Sandy approaches.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., posted higher third-quarter income from a year earlier as it cut noninterest expenses.

Agencies based in Washington were mostly closed in anticipation of the storm, but officials said where possible support for banks and examiners would be made available.

Hurricane Sandy, which is bearing down on the mid-Atlantic all the way up to New England, is expected to delay thousands of mortgage closings on Monday and Tuesday at the very least.

CFS Bancorp (CITZ) in Munster, Ind., reported that its third-quarter income climbed from a year ago as it cut noninterest expenses and lowered its nonperforming assets.

Earnings rose 40%, to $21.3 million, from a year earlier, HomeStreet Bank said Monday.

Comptroller of the Currency Tom Curry said the agency is ready to "take action" against banks that lower provisions solely to boost short-term profits.

Kelly S. King, the chairman and chief executive of BB&T (BBT), has been appointed to the Federal Advisory Council.

Changes are coming to the credit union branch model.

Is the branch dead? It clearly is not, says Mark Weber, president of Weber Marketing Group, who points to the record number of building projects and branch redesigns his firm has taken on in the past four years.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Navy FCU said this morning it is opening its 33rd California branch here next week to serve 23,000 military personnel at Travis Air Force Base, as membership booms at the nation’s largest credit union.

If U.S. regulators proceed with anything like the 2010 Basel III proposal on liquidity, important bank products such as brokered deposits may simply disappear.

Talmer Bancorp has agreed to buy and recapitalize First Place Bank in Warren, Ohio, in a deal that will work its way through the bankruptcy process.

The U.S. securities industry canceled equity trading on all markets today, moving to protect workers as Hurricane Sandy barreled toward New York City with 70-mile-per-hour winds and the threat of an 11-foot sea surge.

State Bank Financial (STBZ) in Atlanta reported a drop in quarterly earnings as income tied its past failed-bank deals fell.

Banks in the Magnolia State have built up capital and profits, and their owners are hoping the state's poor national reputation will shield them for a while from big rivals and M&A trends.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., plans to sell more than $10 million in stock to go along with a $35 million offering that it recently completed.

Regulators took a slew of enforcement actions against banks last month in connection with consumer protection, capital adequacy and other matters.

Banks in the forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy braced Sunday for the storm, while making plans to help their operations weather it without interruption.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Jefferson CU is moving its corporate offices to Hoover and the $70 million credit union plans to open additional new branches in the next few years.