Often finding the start-up route clogged, former bank executives looking to restart their careers are finding ready re-entry platforms via small-bank acquisitions.

Though House and Senate lawmakers still have plenty of issues to work out in the final regulatory reform bill, one thing is already clear: The legislation will do little to streamline the fractured financial regulatory framework.

WASHINGTON — Though House and Senate lawmakers still have plenty of issues to work out in the final regulatory reform bill, one thing is already clear: The legislation will do little to streamline the fractured financial regulatory framework.

The collection industry is always up for a deal, and in the merger and acquisition landscape, there is always a deal to be made. Whether it is a good or bad deal is something entirely different.

A collection agency owned by a convicted felon, and recently accused of using strong-arm tactics, has been barred from collecting debts in Colorado, the state's Attorney General John Suthers announced today.

The National Credit Union Administration announced Thursday that it has added eight credit unions to its troubled-institution list and set aside another $170 million to cover losses at credit unions.

The Federal Reserve has ordered Albina Community Bancorp in Portland, Ore., to serve as a source of strength to its struggling community development bank.

Astoria Financial Corp. in Lake Success, N.Y., says it wants to be ready to raise capital should it need it.

Cadence Financial Corp. in Starkville, Miss., plans to raise as much as $92 million to satisfy a recent regulatory consent order.

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Troubled debt restructurings are on the rise, and they're causing regulatory headaches for bankers worried about how to properly designate and disclose the modified loans.

With the latest allegations about Goldman Sachs and others, it seems the public is ready to believe that everyone in a bank must be a crook. I, for one, do not believe it.

DALLAS — The Texas Education Agency will distribute more than $1 billion of federally subsidized qualified school construction bonds to local districts under an allocation procedure issued Monday.

WASHINGTON — The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill Wednesday to create a $30 billion fund to encourage small-business lending, despite Republican objections that the legislation was another version of the unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program.

RESTON, Va. – Student loan giant Sallie Mae announced the sale of its Killeen, Texas, customer service center to Aegis Ltd, part of the Indian conglomerate Essar Group, and the transfer of its 350 employees to Aegis.

ELM GROVE, Wis. – Enterprise CU has leased 10,000 square feet of office space in nearby Brookfield, where it plans to relocate its headquarters.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Texas Dow Employees CU held a grand opening for its newest branch, in Pearland, the $1.5 billion credit union’s 18th branch and 22nd service facility in Texas.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – ESL FCU, the state’s largest credit union, will host a ribbon-cutting for its new $55 million headquarters which is eyed as a keystone to the renewal to the downtown area here.

OSHTEMO, Mich. – Consumers CU opened its 13th West Michigan location, in the Kalamazoo Mall in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo.

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