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UMB Financial Corp. in Kansas City, Mo. reported earnings of $30.9 million in the first quarter, up 17.9% from a year ago, as noninterest income soared following the acquisition of two advisory firms last year.

Fueled by strong loan growth and record deposit growth, Signature Bank in New York is coming off its most-profitable quarter in its 10-year history.

Shares of Wilshire Bancorp plunged early Tuesday after the Los Angeles company announced that it lost $52.1 million, or $1.77 per share, in the first quarter.

Building on its strong second half of 2010, PrivateBancorp in Chicago started 2011 with its third straight profitable quarter.

Great Falls Teachers Federal Credit Union in Montana on Monday said it is offering a new payday loan that offers up to $500 regardless of credit history.

First Michigan Bancorp has changed the name of its bank to reflect its growing geography across the Midwest. The company on Monday said it had renamed the unit Talmer Bank and Trust.

First-quarter earnings at SVB Financial Group in Santa Clara, Calif., nearly doubled from a year earlier, to $33 million, largely because of a release of loan-loss reserves.

Alliance Data Systems Corp. is expanding its Epsilon marketing business through a $345 million acquisition after the unit suffered a large data breach last month.

Unsuccessful in its efforts to raise fresh capital and already operating under multiple enforcement orders, embattled Mercantile Bancorp could be on the verge of failure.

After making two major acquisitions in as many months, Community Bancorp LLC says it's in no hurry to spend the rest of its war chest.

For the first time in three years, the three banks of Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix all turned a profit in the first quarter.

To close on a $36.4 million injection from Priam Capital Fund I LP, 1st Mariner Bancorp must raise another $123.6 million — and part ways with Edwin Hale Sr., the company's founder, chairman and chief executive.

National Penn Bancshares Inc. in Boyertown, Pa., reported a big increase in profits on Thursday, which it attributed largely to improved credit.

Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., on Thursday reported a first-quarter profit after recording its lowest loan-loss provision since mid-2007.

Norwood Financial Corp. in Honesdale, Pa., said late Wednesday that its pending acquisition of North Penn Bancorp Inc. reduced its profitability.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y., reported a slight dip in earnings compared with the previous quarter as it completed its acquisition of NewAlliance Bancshares Inc.

The $4.41 billion-asset company said Thursday that shareholders had approved adding Allison Nickle Egidi, Najeeb Khan and Christopher Murphy to the board.

Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. in Olney, Md., on Thursday reported an increase in profit due to its exit from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky., reported higher first-quarter profit despite lower volume in its controversial refund-anticipation loan business.

Whitney Holding Corp. in New Orleans reported a profitable first quarter on Thursday, a day after the company that is buying it did the same.