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Home Bancshares Inc. in Conway, Ark., has repaid the Treasury Department the $50 million it received in early 2009 from the Troubled Asset Relief program.

U.S. Bank is letting customers who have lost income due to the state of Minnesota government shutdown skip one monthly payment on most types of loans without penalty.

Union First Market Bank in Richmond, Va., announced Monday that it has opened seven branches inside Martin's Food Markets in central Virginia.

Centrix Bank in Bedford, N.H., intends to tap the government's billion Small Business Lending Fund to increase its commercial lending and repay what it borrowed from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding its loan production office in Danvers, Mass., as part of a major push to increase its lending in eastern Massachusetts.

With the expansion, the $3.7 billion-asset Union First Market Bank now has 99 branches in Virginia, including 29 in Martin's stores.

The Tampa-based parent of Florida Bank issued 5,107 shares of series C preferred stock, grossing $1,000 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Castle Creek Capital, a California private-equity firm, has invested $27 million in fast-growing NBC Holding Co. in New Orleans.

The Federal Reserve Board has given the troubled Commonwealth Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., until the end of July to either raise fresh capital or find a buyer.

A Florida holding company formed three years ago to buy troubled banks has struck its third deal in the Tampa Bay area.

The Durbin amendment has sent another debit rewards program to the graveyard as USAA Federal Savings Bank will officially terminate its offering on Sept. 1.

TrustCo Bank Corp NY of Glenville, N.Y., has completed a stock offering, raising about $68.1 million in fresh capital.

Directors at Nara Bancorp Inc. and Center Financial Corp. will have a few more months to deliberate over the planned merger of the two companies.

Commonwealth Bankshares Inc. and Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc., both in Norfolk, are potentially in hot water with federal officials. For some observers, the troubles began when each tried to keep pace with the biggest community bank in their market.

Wincor Nixdorf AG is changing its U.S. business model, shifting from a centralized unit based in Austin, Texas to a more dispersed structure.

Wells Fargo & Co. announced Thursday that its insurance arm has acquired EDIFY LLC, an employee benefits consulting firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Independent Bank Corp. in Ionia, Mich., has called off a planned a public offering in which it had intended to raise up to $110 million of fresh capital.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced three written agreements.

First Community Corp. in Lexington, S.C., on Wednesday agreed to buy the assets of Palmetto South Mortgage Corp. of Columbia, S.C. The $607.3 million-asset company said it expects to complete the deal on July 31.

American National Bankshares Inc. completed its 34.7M acquisition of MidCarolina Financial Corp. Seperately, Wintrust Financial said it completed its purchase of Great Lakes Advisors Inc.