Judge Lawrence Piersol of the U.S. District Court for South Dakota has denied the government's motion to dismiss TCF Financial's lawsuit over debit fee regulation.

For thrifts that have long harbored ambitions of converting to commercial banks, an upcoming regulatory merger is forcing hard decisions.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Medical FCU has renewed the lease on its 4,638-square-foot Mission Valley headquarters in the 29,639-square-foot Rio Vista Plaza II office building.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y., has hired a former Wells Fargo & Co. executive to oversee its New England expansion.

Loan demand for credit unions declined in February for the sixth month in a row and has fallen more than 2.2% over the past year, the Credit Union National Association reported Monday.

First National Bankers Bankshares Inc. in Baton Rouge, La., said late Friday that it consolidated its four banks along the Gulf Coast.

MidSouth Bancorp Inc. in Lafayette, La., plans to enter the Dallas market after agreeing to buy five area branches from a bank being sold through bankruptcy court.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU said it is closing its San Antonio branch later this month, part of a move to focus more on online and mobile services.

GLENDALE, Calif. – California CU has acquired its office building here for $33.8 million.

Colony Financial in Los Angeles plans to sell common stock in a public offering that could raise up to $284 million.

Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., said Friday it has completed its acquisition of Maryland Bancorp in Lexington Park.

The board of Commonwealth Business Bank in Los Angeles said Friday it did not renew the employment contract of the bank's chief executive.

First Financial Holding has 90 days to provide the Fed with a written plan to improve oversight of risk management and anti-money-laundering compliance.

Capitol Bancorp said its annual report that it was notified on March 30 that it would receive a subpoena from the SEC's Chicago office concerning its third-quarter reporting.

The Justice Department said Friday that it will not challenge Hancock Holding's deal to acquire Whitney Holding of New Orleans as long as the companies sell eight branches.

Sal Marranca's experience as a bank examiner and a community banker prepared him for the task ahead: Serving as a bridge between the two sides at a time of growing animosity.

The $7.4 billion-asset company said its board has also approved a plan to sell about $293 million in substandard and nonperforming loans and $142 million in foreclosed properties.

A seemingly solid lending relationship can get dangerously big. Chris Myers, president and chief executive of CVB Financial Corp., learned this lesson the hard way.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. is giving the end users of its online banking software extensive control over how their banks' services appear online.

Home Bancorp Inc. in Lafayette, La., has agreed to buy GS Financial Corp. of Matairie, La.