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The combination of higher regulatory expenses andreduced income from interchange fees is taking a toll on the profitability of banks with $10 billion to $50 billion of assets.

The $2.1 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings rose 4.7% from a year earlier to $3 million, or 16 cents a share.

In the years after the financial crisis, as banks were collapsing left and right, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. agreed to cover losses tied to the sale of many failed institutions. Today, loss-share portfolios are shrinking, decreasing by 80% from early 2011, to $18.8 billion at March 31, as many banks negotiate early terminations of their FDIC agreements. Here are some notable banks that got out of their pacts.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has awarded grants totaling almost $2.5 million that will help 309 low-income credit unions "expand services to under-served communities, train staff, improve cyber-security and provide students with work experience."

Despite the hurdles facing technology giants in offering payments services, they remain keenly interested in the sector and more traditional service providers should stay on alert.

Virgin Money Holdings, the bank backed by billionaire Richard Branson, postponed plans to start lending to small businesses as Britain faces a potential economic slowdown after voting to leave the European Union.

2016 platform focuses on need for financial industry regulation rather than post-crisis housing reforms.

Ally Financial in Detroit swung to a profit in the second quarter as a tax benefit outweighed the costs of insurance payouts on hailstorm-damaged vehicles.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, reporter lower quarterly profit that reflected declines in service charges and higher expenses.

Bitcoin is property, not money, a Florida judge ruled Monday in a criminal case against a man accused of money laundering and unlicensed money transmission.