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Capitol Bancorp Ltd. in Lansing, Mich., said it reduced its loss in the second quarter to $41 million, compared with a $47.9 million loss a year earlier.

The $1.2 billion-asset company on Monday posted a $21 million loss, compared with a loss of $5.3 million in the first quarter, and net income of $342,000 a year earlier.

Less than two years after it became the first "blank-check" acquirer to take over failed banks, Community Bankers Trust Corp. is reeling.

The Federal Reserve announced an enforcement action Monday against First Banking Center Inc. to ensure that the bank is adequately capitalized.

Community Financial Shares Inc. in Glen Ellyn, Ill., reported a steeper loss, $2.8 million, in the second quarter than the $446,000 a year earlier and blamed loss provisioning.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., said its net loss widened significantly in the second quarter, largely because of a huge boost in its provision for loan losses.

Montana's banks are struggling with weak loan demand and delinquent construction loans. Yet this summer they're getting a much-needed buffer from tourists, whose dollars are flowing into communities near the state's two bustling national parks.

Transaction Network Services Inc. said Monday that it will supply gateway services for Continental Airlines Inc. to process payments for reservations made online.

Cardtronics Inc. said Monday that Scotiabank Group has agreed to put its name on 200 automated teller machines owned and operated by Cardtronics.

BankUnited is planning an initial public offering 15 months after the Florida lender collapsed and was acquired by investors including Carlyle Group and WL Ross & Co., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

WASHINGTON — Illinois regulators closed the $493 million-asset Palos Bank and Trust Co. late Friday, the 110th failure of the year.

Saehan Bancorp's net loss narrowed sharply in the second quarter while asset quality and net interest margins improved.

FGBC Bancshares Inc. in Franklin, Ga., has entered into a consent order with state regulators requiring it to boost capital ratios.

Center Financial Corp. said Friday that it revised its first-quarter results, posting a net loss rather than a profit, because of a stock conversion completed in March.

If ShoreBank is trying to get open-bank assistance, as some media outlets have reported, the undercapitalized lender's odds of success are long.

First Chester County Corp. in West Chester, Pa., announced its first-quarter financial results this week, more than four months after the quarter ended.

Columbia Banking System Inc. in Tacoma, Wash., has repaid the $76.9 million it received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Alliance Bancorp Inc. in Broomall, Pa., is planning a second-step conversion, whose proceeds it said would help fund growth.

The $72 million-asset bank announced late Tuesday that last month it sold $1.7 million, about a quarter of the $6.9 million of nonperforming assets it had at the end of the second quarter. An additional $907,000 of nonperformers are expected to close this month.

The three-year-old Solera National Bancorp Inc. in Lakewood, Colo., has struck its first acquisition deal. The $140 million-asset company announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to buy the Lakewood branch of Liberty Savings Bank, a $1.1 billion-asset thrift in Wilmington, Ohio.