Citing lower interest expenses, Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., said its earnings for the quarter that ended March 31 rose 55% from a year earlier, to $18.1 million, or 25 cents a share.

After selling a foreclosed property for less than it expected, MBT Financial Corp. in Monroe, Mich., said it must revise the first-quarter loss that it reported last week.

Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., said Tuesday that it has started an international banking division in San Francisco to serve small and midsize companies that do business overseas.

After four straight quarterly losses, Integra Bank Corp. of Evansville, Ind., has demoted its top executive.

City National Corp. in Los Angeles and Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. in Dallas plan to complete stock offerings this week to repay their government capital.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – iQ CU moved into its new headquarters this week, marking the completion of the $10.5 million conversion of the one-time city offices.

Peoples Community Bancorp Inc. in West Chester, Ohio, is in a do-or-die situation.

With nonperforming assets climbing to 7.23% of its total, BancTrust Financial Group Inc. of Mobile said Monday that it swung to a first-quarter loss of $6 million, from a profit of $2.7 million a year earlier.

It only took hours after regulators seized Silverton Bank for the first ripple to surface.

Community Bancorp in Las Vegas said Monday that both its subsidiary banks had amended their call reports from last year to reflect additional, mostly credit-related, expenses.

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. of Springfield, Mo., swung to a profit of $17.4 million last quarter, from a loss of $15.1 million a year earlier, because of its acquisition of a failed bank.

Bankers usually tout loan growth, but not Jay Fritz.

Cascade Bancorp of Bend, Ore., posted a surprising first-quarter loss Friday and said it is still working to add capital.

Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp Inc.'s first-quarter profits plunged 74% from a year earlier, to $837,000, or 13 cents a share, as it took a higher loan-loss provision and spent money to prepare for an acquisition.

WASHINGTON — Federal and state regulators shut their third bank of the evening late Friday, closing $299.4 million-asset America West Bank in Layton, Utah.

The embattled condo lender Corus Bankshares Inc. reported preliminary first-quarter results Friday that make its outlook seem increasingly dim.

Provident Financial Services Inc. of Jersey City said Friday that it swung to a loss last quarter because of a $152.5 million goodwill impairment charge.

While banks have pretty much taken down the help wanted signs in their branches and loan offices, there is one position that many can't fill fast enough: the commercial real estate workout specialist.

Though the list of banks in dire straits grows by the day, most are concentrated in formerly frothy areas like the Southeast or California.

AmericanWest Bancorp. in Spokane said Thursday that it has given up on getting an investment from the Treasury Department, but that it is still pursuing other avenues to raise capital.