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Cardtronics Inc. swung to a profit in the fourth quarter as consumers kept their credit cards in their wallets and relied instead on debit cards and cash.

TierOne Corp. in Lincoln, Neb., got a new chief executive and struck a deal to sell nearly half its branches, but remains under the gun to raise a relatively large amount of capital.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued seven debt settlement firms and six of their executives, alleging the firms misrepresent their services to consumers as a way to boost credit scores.

Three months after stepping down as the chief executive of Royal Bank of Canada's U.S. operations, Scott Custer is gearing up to build a new bank spanning the Carolinas and Virginia.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., said Tuesday that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $11.5 million, from a $1.1 million profit a year earlier.

First Defiance Financial Corp. in Ohio has revised its fourth-quarter earnings.

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Mich., came up nearly $200 million shy of its capital-raising goal in a rights offering that expired Monday.

Hanmi Financial Corp. announced Monday that it has hired the investment bank Cappello Capital Corp. to explore strategic alternatives to satisfy regulators.

Although its thrift unit remains undercapitalized, Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. in Madison reported improved results for its most recent quarter.

Xerox Corp. said Monday it has completed its roughly $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., an outsourcer that, among other things, processes credit card applications for issuers.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston announced Monday that it would acquire the 19 branches, including deposits of $500 million and assets of $100 million, from First Banks for a 5.5% deposit premium, or $27.5 million.

First Southern Bancorp has raised about $400 million to acquire failed banks in the south Florida market. Along with the capital, the company added some well-known bankers.

Albina Community Bancorp in Portland, Ore., Friday reported losing $1.8 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a $60,000 loss for the same period in 2008.

DNB Financial Corp. in Downington, Pa., Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $573,000 compared with a loss of $230,000 for the year-earlier quarter.

Bank of Granite Corp. of Granite Falls, N.C., said Wednesday that the Nasdaq stock market notified it that it now complies with the exchange's listing rules.

Capitol Federal Financial of Topeka, Kan., reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 32% year over year, to $21 million.

A Chicago entrepreneur is suing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to win back capital he invested in a bank in the months before it failed.

First Mariner Bancorp's sale of its consumer finance arm hurt its quarterly results, but boosted capital.

With more bank failures expected in the Pacific Northwest, Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., announced late Tuesday that it plans to raise $215 million in new equity that could be used to buy failed banks.

Talk about a strange brew. Cathay General Bancorp in Los Angeles was hit by an enforcement action in December, tapped the equity markets this week and is now contemplating expansion.