The Chicago company said Monday that its loans declined slightly in the first quarter as it struggled to find new qualified borrowers and focused its attention on resolving the troubled loan portfolio that has dogged it in the past two years.

The National Credit Union Administration took St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union under conservatorship on Friday because of the $250 million-asset institution's declining financial condition.

TierOne Corp. of Lincoln, Neb., announced late Sunday that its independent auditors had resigned and had warned TierOne that some of its past financial statements are inaccurate.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., returned to profitability in the first quarter after a rough fourth quarter.

First Niagara Financial Corp. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings rose 51.6%, to $32.6 million.

PrivateBancorp Inc. swung to a first-quarter loss that was wider than analysts' estimates as provisions for loan losses quadrupled.

BankUnited Financial Corp. has countersued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in the fallout from one of the costliest failures of the financial crisis — that of Florida's BankUnited FSB.

Wilmington Trust Corp. swung to a worse-than-expected first-quarter loss on still more credit deterioration at the banking and trust-services provider.

WASHINGTON — Regulators closed Chicago-area Amcore Bank late Friday, putting the $3.8 billion-asset institution out of its misery on a night when six other institutions in and around the Windy City also failed.

TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma Central CU is building a branch at the Tulsa Hill shopping center, the $385 million credit union’s ninth service center.

SAGINAW, Mich. – Wildfire CU, formerly Communications Family CU, last week said it plans to open a new branch in Bay City this fall, its second branch opening slated for the year.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community First CU of Florida, struggling with big losses the past two years, last week announced it is closing two branches.

SCBT Financial Corp. of Columbia, S.C., said its first-quarter earnings skyrocketed, largely as a result of its acquisition of the failed Community Bank and Trust in Cornelia, Ga.

WASHINGTON — Regulators closed Chicago-area Amcore Bank late Friday, putting the $3.8 billion-asset institution out of its misery on a night when six other institutions in and around the Windy City also failed.

TCF Financial Corp. reported its 60th consecutive quarterly profit last week in spite of worries that new limits on overdraft fees could hit the $18.2 billion-asset company particularly hard.

While it is not unusual to see a bank exhort its employees to help lobby on legislation, USAA Federal Savings Bank has taken it one step further by enlisting its 7.2 million customers.

GLENDALE, Calif. – Clearpath FCU this week opened a new branch in Fontana inside a Ralph’s Marketplace, one of the credit union’s sponsors.

MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union in Macon, Ga., is the latest credit union to take advantage of the growing inventory of bank branches on the market, agreeing to acquire two branches of the failed Security Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Webster Financial Corp. of Waterbury, Conn., said Thursday that it recorded a $6.1 million first-quarter loss after repaying $100 million of a $400 million investment from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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