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The $355.7 million-asset company announced Tuesday that it had completed its second-step conversion by selling 1.7 million shares of common stock at $10 a share.

Two days before approving a $175 million investment for TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla., the Federal Reserve entered into a written agreement with the struggling company.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., Wednesday set the price of its two stock offerings, through which it expects to raise about $12 million in capital.

Recent lawsuits could stop community banks in at least two states from deliberately processing the largest transactions first — a method that triggers additional overdrafts and thus higher fees — after a California judge ruled against Wells Fargo & Co. last month.

A branch manager at CVB Financial Corp. in Ontario, Calif., has been arrested and charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from customer accounts at its bank unit.

Jacksonville Bancorp Inc. in Florida is raising more capital for its deal to acquire hometown rival Atlantic BancGroup Inc.

Few would argue that it's tough to own a community bank these days. It can be even more difficult to co-own a struggling bank — fifty-fifty — with another family.

Regulators tend to prefer that existing banks, not groups of private investors, acquire failed banks, yet Community and Southern, along with State Bank and Trust Co. in Macon, Ga., has been able to put private-equity money to use in FDIC-assisted deals.

Jay Sidhu is one step closer to building another regional empire. In an interview Monday, he said a bid for tiny ISN Bank was to gain access to customers in the Garden State.

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corp. in Naugatuck, Conn., has amended its merger agreement with Southern Connecticut Bancorp Inc. in New Haven, blaming weakened stock market conditions.

North American Financial Holdings Inc. of Charlotte has received approval to invest $175 million in the struggling TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla.

Bank turnaround artist Patrick Frawley sealed deals to buy three failed institutions in Georgia on Friday, as regulators shuttered a total of six banks.

Porter Bancorp Inc. of Louisville, Ky., said Thursday that its shareholders approved several changes related to a stock conversion that will help complete two private placements totaling $31.3 million in capital.

Security California Bancorp in Riverside has raised $20 million in a private placement of its common stock to refuel its subsidiary, Security Bank of California.

When Tower Bancorp Inc. of Harrisburg, Pa., acquires First Chester County Corp., it will utilize a provision that lowers the price of the deal if the seller's delinquencies rise. Such provisions have become more common in deals in the Northeast as buyers seek to minimize their risk, but this is the first time a seller has crossed the threshold.

Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., has been given another two weeks to find the additional capital its lead investors are requiring.

The $355.7 million-asset company in Monessen, Pa., said Thursday that it has sold enough common stock — 1.7 million shares — to complete its conversion from a mutual holding company to a stock holding company.

In the year or so that BankUnited has hired lenders away from Florida rivals, its recruits have laid the foundation for a major branch expansion across the state.

Goldwater Bank in Arizona has agreed to forfeit $733,804 to resolve a claim from U.S. officials that the money was involved in illegal online gambling.

Northeast Bancorp of Lewiston, Maine, announced it is giving its shareholders more time to submit election forms on a proposed acquisition of FHB Formation LLC, an investment entity formed to inject capital into Northeast.