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NBH Holdings Corp. is following up its recent failed bank acquisition in Colorado with a branch deal and name change.

Carpetbaggers they're not, but JPMorgan Chase and PNC are making their presence felt in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast, snapping up branches in states smacked by the financial crisis.

First Citizens BancShares Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., reported a decline in second-quarter earnings after its loan-loss provision jumped.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. has agreed to sell its interest in Bank of Las Colinas for a second time.

NCO Group Inc., a global provider of business process outsourcing services, announced Monday that Steve Leckerman, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will leave the company by Oct. 31 to pursue other opportunities. Leckerman joined NCO in 1995 and was named COO in 2007.

The board at Cardinal Bankshares Corp. responded Thursday to a series of demands by Douglas Schaller, rejecting the activist shareholder's assertion that the company should sell itself.

Forget the crumb of good news in the jobs report. The economy is getting worse, not better. It's time to waive the white flag and lower your price tag unless you are a strong bank.

BancorpSouth Inc. said late Thursday that it is selling a pair of Texas branches to First National Bank of Hughes Springs in Texas.

VeriFone finished its purchase of the rival terminal maker Hypercom after it reached a settlement with the Justice Department to sell Hypercom's U.S. terminal business to the private-equity firm Gores Group.

Agency unveils new pilot program for smaller investors wanting to bid on loans.

Aided by two acquisitions and sharply lower deposit costs, BankFinancial Corp. in Burr Ridge, Ill., swung to a profit of $1 million in the second quarter from a loss of $288,000 in the same period last year.

Cardinal Bankshares' biggest outside shareholder is hopping mad over an act that normally gives investors comfort: succession planning.

The number of deals rose slightly in the second quarter, but take away big acquisitions by PNC and Capital One and the value of them fell.

ING Group NV said Thursday it wants to talk to the European Commission to discuss alternative options for a Dutch banking unit it has had trouble finding a buyer for.

A possible deal between bank technology vendors Fidelity National Information Services and Misys has fallen through after the companies failed to agree on price.

Congress has expressed deep concern about the regulatory control of banks, yet at the same time wants banks to aggressively finance business and economic growth.

The payments technology vendor said its agreement to combine with S1 remains in effect as it reports a 16.4% increase in second-quarter revenue.

American Express Co. has told Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. it will keep its stake in the lender after entering into a contract to hedge fluctuations in the stock price, Reuters reported Wednesday citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Payments technology vendor Fundtech Ltd.'s second-quarter revenue rose 16.4% from a year earlier to $40.5 million as it closed 130 new deals and added 14 new bank clients.