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Community Financial Shares Inc. of Glen Ellyn, Ill., said late Monday that its net loss widened to $2.2 million in the fourth quarter, from $690,000 a year earlier.

Premier Financial Bancorp Inc. in Huntington, W.Va., said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell nearly 50% from a year earlier, to $2.5 million.

VyStar Credit Union is expanding its automated teller machine operations in northeast Florida through an agreement with Cardtronics Inc.

Republic Bancorp Inc. has accused the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of multiple abuses of its authority, escalating an ongoing battle over refund-anticipation loans.

International Bancshares Corp. in Laredo, Texas, said Monday that its net income fell 10% in 2010, to $116.9 million.

The Bancorp Inc. in Wilmington, Del., said Monday that it is trying to increase its equity by $50 million.

Regulators have ordered Sunwest Bank in Tustin, Calif., to improve its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.

Carver Bancorp Inc. in New York said Monday that one of its units has received $25 million in tax credits to spur investments in low-income communities.

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Mich., on Monday announced several additions to its executive team.

WASHINGTON — Regulators seized the $124 million-asset Valley Community Bank in St. Charles, Ill., late Friday in the 23rd bank failure of the year.

Michigan First Credit Union, the latest credit union to launch a Young & Free marketing campaign, is searching for a "spokester." The Young & Free campaign was designed by Currency Marketing of Chilliwack, British Columbia.

BankAtlantic Bancorp must raise more capital, limit the growth of its brokered deposits and make other improvements under an agreement with the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Heritage Financial Group Inc. of Albany, Ga., said Friday that it has shuffled its management and brought on a new executive to further its expansion strategy.

NetSpend Holdings Inc., a marketer of prepaid debit cards, is working with banks to broaden its distribution network beyond retailers and check cashers.

NetSpend Holdings Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income grew 79% from a year earlier, to $6.3 million, as customers loaded more money onto its prepaid debit cards and spent more frequently.

Wilmington Trust Corp. said Thursday that a unit has entered into a supervisory agreement with regulators requiring it to boost capital and reduce bad loans.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va., has announced that it plans to open at least 10 PenFed Realty offices, boosting employment by up to 1,000 agents by yearend.

United Community Banks Inc. in Blairsville, Ga., said Thursday that its board has adopted a tax benefits preservation plan to protect the company from any unintended ownership change.

Crescent Financial Corp. in Raleigh, N.C., said late Wednesday that it is selling a majority stake to a bank holding company in return for a $75 million investment.

Iberiabank Corp.'s agreement to buy the much smaller Omni Bancshares in Metairie, La., would the Lafayette, La., bank's first deal in Louisiana in seven years and its first unassisted bank purchase since 2007.