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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.

Southern Community Financial Corp. said Thursday that it has formed a small-business division. The Winston-Salem, N.C., company will place a small-business banker in all 22 branches.

United Community Banks Inc. in Blairsville, Ga., is emerging from its credit woes with plans announced late Wednesday to raise $380 million.

United Community Banks Inc. said late Wednesday that it is raising $380 million through a private placement with an affiliate of Corsair Capital LLC and a group of institutional investors.

A technology subsidiary of the holding company Rurban Financial Corp. must improve its capital position and strengthen operational oversight under a consent order with the Federal Reserve Board.

A pair of community banks have reduced the Treasury Department's ownership stake in their companies.

Unitus Community Credit Union in Portland, Ore., pledged Tuesday to keep offering free checking and free online services such as bill pay even as many banking companies are starting to charge fees for the services.

Integra Bank Corp. in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $42.8 million, half its loss in the year-earlier period.

S&T Bancorp Inc. in Indiana, Pa., said Wednesday that it was revising its fourth-quarter and full-year 2010 results to reflect a higher loan-loss provision.

TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla., said late Tuesday that it returned to profitability after its new owner, North American Financial Holdings, restructured its balance sheet.

The Federal Reserve granted bank holding company status Tuesday to a Japanese company that has agreed to acquire a Japanese-owned bank in New Jersey.

Baird expanded its wealth management business Tuesday by recruiting new advisers overseeing a total of $450 million in client assets to two of its new offices.