Regions Financial Corp.'s (RF) first-quarter earnings more than doubled as the regional lender set aside less to cover loan losses and saw noninterest income edge up.

Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) swung to a profit in the first quarter, extending the regional lender's streak of quarterly profits as revenue easily topped expectations.

Roberto Herencia, chairman of First Bancorp in Puerto Rico and an ex-CEO of Banco Popular North America, is the investment group's leader.

Almost three months after spooking investors with plans to restate 2010 and most of 2011, Enterprise Financial Services in St. Louis might be working its way back into their good graces.

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Zions Bancorporation's (ZION) repayment of half of its funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program tamped down earnings in the first quarter, but its core results still handily beat expectations.

Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) originated and sold off more residential mortgages in the first-quarter, which helped boost profits by about 49%, to $7.6 million, from a year earlier.

Solid revenue growth and continued improvement in credit quality led Banner Corporation (BANR) in Walla Walla, Wash., to its most profitable quarter in at least five years.

The executives of United Western Bank filed a motion for summary judgment that also spares no criticism of how the OTS handled the Denver thrift's failure in early 2011. The motion claims that the now-defunct regulator closed the thrift despite evidence that management had just raised $200 million in life-saving capital.

A coalition of activists, clergymen, union advocates and residents from across the country is planning to hold a large demonstration at the Wells Fargo annual meeting on Tuesday.

Reduced expenses and a lower provision for credit losses helped boost West Coast Bancorp's first-quarter net income by nearly 14% from the same period last year, to $5.4 million.

Buyers and sellers still cannot agree on price, the heads of six acquisition-minded banks said in first-quarter earnings calls.

A number of banks are asking shareholders to convert preferred shares to common stock to lift tangible common equity ratios.

Northwest Bancshares, of Warren, Pa., said Monday that earnings for the quarter that ended March 31 fell 12% from the same period last year, to $15.2 million, as low yields on loans suppressed interest income and losses on foreclosed property ate into noninterest income.

You've heard the philosophical question: If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

For differing reasons, parties in at least two cases are seeking appeals courts to weigh in on so-called "business judgment" rules, which would have a significant effect on FDIC lawsuits against bankers at failed institutions.

Shares of S&T Bancorp (STBA) fell sharply Monday after the Indiana, Pa., company reported first-quarter earnings that missed estimates by a wide margin.

Shareholders of SunTrust, BB&T and PNC will vote on say on pay, quiz executives on future plans.