The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has ordered three community banks hobbled by losses on real estate loans to raise fresh capital or merge with other banks.

HSBC plans to sell just under half of its retail banking branches in the U.S. to First Niagara Bank for an estimated $1 billion. Most of the 195 branches to be sold are in upstate New York, while six are in Connecticut.

Discover Financial Services' strategy to diversify beyond credit cards suffered a setback as the lender's deal to buy $1.1 billion in banking deposits from Allstate Corp. has fallen through.

The paper quotes First Niagara CEO John Koelmel as saying it will eventually have to do a capital raise to support the larger balance sheet. Antitrust issues may also arise, FT says.

HSBC, which has been scaling back its U.S. operations, struck a deal to sell 195 retail banking branches to First Niagara Financial for $1 billion in cash, the companies said Sunday.

Asset Acceptance Capital Corp., a Warren, Mich.-based debt buyer, reported Friday cash collections for the second quarter ended June 30 increased 5.9% compared to the year-ago period to $89.2 million.

Toronto-Dominion Bank, which doubled its branch count over the past six years through a U.S. expansion, plans to cut expense growth by as much as half to offset a slowdown in its home market.

Integra Bank in Evansville, Ind., was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, after fighting to survive for nearly two years.

After ripping off 11 straight quarters of losses, the Blairsville, Ga., company reported a second-period profit last week. That turned heads.

SCBT Financial Corp. in Columbia, S.C., which bought a failed bank and raised capital in February, on Friday posted its best quarterly results in two years.

Integration of rare find in Texas could be done by yearend, and Comerica will be "regimented" about future expansion, Babb says.

Market evolution in recent decades has made it harder and harder for smaller institutions to access capital. Meanwhile, regulatory restrictions impede alternatives that could fill the void.

The pressure is on Comerica CEO Ralph Babb to prove the deal, which closed Thursday, was worth it. American Banker offers him some free talking points.

Bolstered by its acquisitions of two failed banks, Columbia Banking System Inc. in Tacoma, Wash., said Thursday that it earned $8.6 million in the second-quarter, an increase of 119% from the same period last year.

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp has come up with a novel solution for settling a past-due loan made to another bank holding company: forgive the loan and take control of the borrower's two subsidiary banks.

Eagle Bancorp Inc. in Bethesda, Md., has agreed to acquire Alliance Bankshares Corp. in Chantilly, Va.

Don Adam’s American Momentum shifts from building to buying in Sunshine State.

PNC's purchase of two dozen Flagstar branches in Atlanta illustrates how the market for asset divestitures may be thawing as whole-bank transactions remain frozen.

United Federal Credit Union in St. Joseph, Mich., has agreed to buy Griffith Savings Bank.

UMB Financial Corp. in Kansas City, Mo., reported earnings of $26.3 million, up 14.4%, as credit costs fell and noninterest income jumped.