A Northwest thrift that acquired a failed bank just seven months ago has entered into a memorandum of understanding with federal regulators.

In an attempt to ensure quality service, improve monitoring, anticipate the need for adjustments and take full advantage of upgrades to image-enabled machines, the 650,000-member credit union has licensed an ATM management product from NCR Corp. that provides online operational information, performance measurements and inventory analysis.

Perhaps the greatest argument for ending the de facto moratorium on new bank charters is that the credit they would provide to Main Street would help revitalize the real economy and in so doing may improve loan values at legacy banks.

Social networking sites help people share personal and sometimes business information with others through an avenue designed to make it easy - whether it involves text, pictures, documents, music or videos.

Illinois' failure tally for 2010 continued to grow late Friday with the closure of $265 million-asset Ravenswood Bank.

WASHINGTON — Illinois' failure tally for 2010 continued to grow late Friday with the closure of $265 million-asset Ravenswood Bank.

Summit Financial Group Inc. in Moorefield, W.Va., said Friday that it narrowed its second-quarter loss 14.5% from a year earlier.

Territorial Bancorp Inc. of Honolulu posted a 43.5% increase in second-quarter net income from a year earlier, to $3.2 million.

With dwindling capital and a plan to buy an ancillary business, United Western Bancorp's capital-raising plans are of particular importance to analysts following the company.

With dwindling capital and a plan to buy an ancillary business, United Western Bancorp Inc.'s capital-raising plans are of particular importance to analysts following the company.

When Sterling Financial Corp. in Spokane, Wash., merged its two bank units last week, few may have noticed, but many community bankers could relate. Companies that cannot get their hands on fresh capital are scrambling for a Plan B these days.

When Sterling Financial Corp. in Spokane, Wash., merged its two bank units last week, few may have noticed, but many community bankers could relate. Companies that cannot get their hands on fresh capital are scrambling for a Plan B these days.

Consumers Credit Union in Waukegan, Ill., has joined the list of financial services companies using Fiserv Inc.'s Acumen account processing software.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, Calif., reported a net second-quarter loss of $5.8 million, compared with net income of $507,000 a year earlier.

CommerceWest Bank announced Thursday that it had second-quarter net income of $68,000, swinging from a $2.6 million net loss a year earlier.

Cascade Bancorp said it plans to restate its 2009 annual and first-quarter 2010 results after a regulatory examination showed its reports for those periods could "no longer be relied upon."

The financial condition of Chicago's ShoreBank Corp., which anxiously awaits word on a lifeline from the Treasury Department, has become precarious after a disastrous second quarter.

USAA Federal Savings Bank is shifting mobile banking into high gear by offering auto loans through customers' phones.

ShoreBank Corp., a Chicago bank known for its lending in low-income communities, has failed to win approval for $75 million in government funds and may be forced out of business, Bloomberg News reported Thursday on its website, citing three people with direct knowledge of the situation.