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Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston beat analysts' estimates for its fourth-quarter earnings.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., has taken another step in its efforts to improve its capital position.

Following a regulatory exam, Sterling Banks Inc. in Mount Laurel, N.J., said it will restate its results for the second and third quarters of 2009.

The Federal Reserve said Thursday it has taken enforcement action against California's Tamalpais Bancorp in an effort to ensure that it maintains sufficient capital.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual congressional hearing, regulators were essentially put on trial Thursday for having closed a Chicago-based chain of community banks last fall.

Sterling Bancshares Inc. in Houston reported Thursday that it returned to profitability in the fourth quarter, after a sharp loss in the third quarter.

Valley National Bancorp announced Thursday that it is slowing de novo branch expansion in New Jersey and New York as it sees the opportunity to expand through acquisition.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc.'s acquisition of a western Pennsylvania branch network from PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is working out better than it had expected.

Fifth Third Bancorp, KeyCorp and Comerica Inc. may not have closed the book on losses stemming from the financial crisis, but they certainly appear to have begun a new chapter.

Now with a war chest of capital, a clean balance sheet and willing management, Hancock Holding is primed to take advantage of down-cycle opportunities and is actively seeking acquisitions in Florida.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston is set to pick up Texas branches that were once owned by FBOP Corp.

Its numbers are still a bit wanting, but Washington Federal Inc. is distinguishing itself from the pack of recession-hit also-rans in the beleaguered Pacific Northwest.

Mercantile Bank Corp. in Grand Rapids reported Tuesday that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $26.4 million, from a profit of $300,000 a year earlier.

Southern First Bancshares Inc. in Greenville, S.C., reported Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 59% from a year earlier, to $152,000.

The government seized banks in three states late Friday, bringing the failure total in the new year to four.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. continued its selling spree, on Friday announcing its 10th deal since May.

California regulators have approved three more mergers of failed state-chartered credit unions.

Bank consultants say the double denial could signal that the significantly undercapitalized Amcore is running out of options and that without dramatic action to restore its languishing capital the bank's days could be numbered.

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., on Thursday announced the pricing of its public offering, of 16.4 million shares of common stock.

Old National Bancorp of Evansville, Ind., said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter results would take a hit from a $12 million loss on a "non-real-estate loan participation."