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State regulators have approved an application from OnPoint Community Credit Union in Portland, Ore., to add Crook and Jefferson counties in central Oregon to its field of membership.

The Federal Reserve made public two written agreements for bank holding companies dealing with high levels of credit problems at their bank units.

Embarcadero Bank said late Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Coronado First Bank. The Coronado, Calif., banks will merge in a deal valued at $9.3 million, or $6.30 a share, according to a press release.

Wilmington Trust Corp. said Tuesday that a majority of its shareholders approved the company's sale to M&T Bank Corp. in Buffalo, N.Y.

Reissued consent orders are longer and far more detailed, with higher capital ratio standards, despite improvements banks have already made.

Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., said it raised about $81 million in net proceeds from a recent public offering.

People's United Financial Inc., which recently entered mortgage warehousing, has amassed credit applications for almost $500 million, according to a company executive.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., has named C. Marvin Scott as its chairman and chief executive and Rick Gardner as its president.

The $958.3 million-asset company named Bruce Boyea a director. Boyea is the chairman, president and chief executive of Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York.

Coastal Banking Co. of Beaufort, S.C., reported late Friday that its net loss shrank to $2.3 million in the fourth quarter from $11.9 million a year earlier.

Hancock Holding Co. in Gulfport, Miss., said Monday that it began a $200 million public offering that would help it redeem an acquisition target's Treasury Department funds.

Centrue Financial Corp. of St. Louis late Friday reported a wider fourth-quarter loss of $39.2 million, largely as a result of a charge from goodwill impairment and a deferred tax asset adjustment.

Data on failed banks sold in the first 10 weeks of the year hints at a broader shift toward buyers going it alone.

Groups affiliated with Gerald J. Ford and Robert M. Bass have agreed to put money into troubled thrift SWS Group in Dallas.

Stonegate Bank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has completed its acquisition of Southwest Capital Bank of Fort Myers, Fla.

Old Second Bancorp Inc. in Aurora, Ill., said its bank expects further regulatory scrutiny after it was unable to fully comply with a memorandum of understanding.

Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., should have an additional $70 million of capital in its coffers this week, although the new money will come at a discount.

NASA Federal Credit Union is making arrangements to offer members skip-a-payment loans and other relief in case the continuing budget impasse in Congress causes a federal government shutdown.

Macatawa Bank Corp. in Holland, Mich., is asking its shareholders to approve a hefty increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock.

Another banking company is moving forward with raising capital: 1st United Bancorp Inc. in Boca Raton, Fla., announced plans to sell $32.5 million of common stock.