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EverBank Financial Corp., one of Florida's largest homegrown banks, plans to go public by raising up to $200 million of common stock, according to a registration filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Fairwinds Credit Union in Orlando has renewed its membership in First Data Corp.'s Star network, making the electronic funds transfer service its preferred provider of PIN debit transaction and ATM access services.

ESSA Bancorp Inc. of Stroudsburg, Pa., has completed its second stock repurchase program, and announced another plan to buy back 5% more of its outstanding stock.

Banner Corp. of Walla Walla, Wash., has warned investors to be ready for a particularly large loss for the third quarter.

Mississippi's Cadence Financial Corp. and Trustmark Corp. seemed to be a near-perfect match. Both had competed in neighboring markets for more than a century, and their union would have created an $11 billion-asset Southeast powerhouse.

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., Beall's Inc. and Luby's Inc. have renewed multi-year card processing agreements with Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC, the Cincinnati company said Wednesday.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday announced a deal to acquire the $850 million-asset Monroe Bancorp for $83.5 million in a stock transaction.

Cadence Financial Corp. of Starkville, Miss., on Wednesday called off its deal with longtime competitor Trustmark Corp. and instead agreed to be acquired by an investment group in Texas.

National Penn Bancshares Inc. said Wednesday that the private-equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to invest $150 million for a 16.4% stake in the Boyertown, Pa., company.

After trying to expand the unit, MainSource Financial Group of Greensburg, Ind., has shrunk MainSource Insurance by selling its property and casualty and health insurance books.

With a new line of products, Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., is following through with a plan to increase its commercial business.

The $7.8 billion-asset company in Itasca, Ill., announced late Monday that the bank's president and chief executive, Thomas J. Schwartz, plans to step down from those positions at the end of the year.

Adding to the recent string of small-bank acquisitions, German American Bancorp Inc. in Jasper, Ind., is purchasing American Community Bancorp Inc.

Nexity Financial Corp. in Birmingham, Ala., which has been operating under bankruptcy court protection, is shedding its wealth management division.

Monterey County Bank settled with the FDIC over allegations that certain credit and debit practices were "deceptive," the agency said Tuesday.

Saehan Bank, a unit of Saehan Bancorp, has agreed to pay $2.2 million to the United States to settle allegations that it misrepresented or withheld information to get the Small Business Administration to fund loans.

Raising capital through the stock market has become a dicey prospect for banking companies, with a growing number delaying such offerings while others are pursuing alternate funding routes.

Western Liberty Bancorp is one step closer to becoming one of the only blank-check companies to break into banking.

Mission Valley Bancorp in Sun Valley, Calif., said Monday that it received $4.8 million of capital from a Treasury Department program designed for community development banks.

A month after denying United Western Bancorp Inc.'s requests to make payments on its line of credit, the Office of Thrift Supervision has changed its mind.