Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. announced Tuesday that it has appointed Linda H. Simmons as its chief financial officer.

Franklin Bank Corp. of Houston announced Tuesday that it would buy five branches from Washington Mutual Inc. for $34 million.

The Greenlining Institute of Berkeley, Calif., is opposing legislation that would expand credit unions' business lending powers.

Mainsource Financial Group Inc. of Greensburg, Ind., said a stock offering had raised $28.6 million it will use for buying Madison Bank and Trust Co. in Madison, Ind.

Capital One Financial Corp.'s automobile financing unit is trying to enlarge its market share by partnering with community banks to provide loans the banks cannot make.

A New Mexico investor group that planned to found a bank is buying one instead, the $30 million-asset Interamerica Bank in Albuquerque.

Months after Citizens Financial Group of Providence, R.I., lost the rights to the Citizens name in two western Pennsylvania counties, the Royal Bank of Scotland unit says it will no longer have to rename its branches in the counties.

Since opening last June, Beach Business Bank has made a name for itself as a bank for doctors, taking in about $12 million of deposits from physicians in its hometown of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and around the country.

BankUnited Financial Corp. of Coral Gables, Fla., announced Monday that it would report a loss for the second quarter because it prepaid $405 million of Federal Home Loan Bank advances.

New York Community Bancorp Inc. took another step Monday in its balance-sheet restructuring by accepting $20 million of municipal deposits from New York City and New York State.

Structuring a commercial loan can be a challenge for banks based in Texas.

First National Bank Midwest of Oskaloosa, Iowa, wanted to beat other banks to the punch and be the first to open a branch in a busy new shopping district in west Des Moines.

South Georgia Holding Co. in Omega is acquiring the $134 million-asset Community National Bancorp of Ashburn for $29.5 million.

Robert E. Evans, who retired at the end of last month after 24 years as the chief executive officer of Peoples Bancorp Inc. in Marietta, Ohio, died late Wednesday, after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer. He was 65.

Eight months after opening its first out-of-state branch, Hudson City Bancorp of Jersey City is set to start adding more at a furious pace.

Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff, Ark., has tripled its assets and expanded statewide over the last decade largely through acquisitions, but it is taking some time off from dealmaking to focus on internal growth.

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BancFirst Corp. in Oklahoma City said it had uncovered a $3.25 million shortfall at one of its branches.

Having been a defendant in four lawsuits in connection with loans guaranteed by the Farm Service Agency, Gold Banc Corp. Inc. of Leawood, Kan., has filed a suit of its own — against the agency.