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UCBH Holdings Inc.'s troubles have deepened, as the San Francisco company ousted its chief executive of 18 years and another top manager amid allegations of fraud. The $13.8 billion-asset UCBH, which caters to Chinese immigrants, said an investigation by its board found that "certain bank officers" had tried to disguise credit problems and misled the company's finance department and outside auditors.

WASHINGTON — Federal and state regulators shut five banks in Iowa, Missouri, Arizona and Illinois late Friday, raising the number of failures this year to 89.

TierOne Corp. in Lincoln, Neb., announced Friday that it plans to shrink its assets by a quarter through a branch sale to Great Western Bank, the Sioux Falls, S.D., unit of National Australia Bank.

Jay Kislak, chairman of the real estate investment company J.I. Kislak Inc., has applied to receive a shelf charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Regulators closed the $452 million-asset Bradford Bank in Baltimore on Friday. It was a mutual bank owned by the holding companies Bradford Bank MHC and Bradford Mid-Tier Co.

Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., needs to raise about $100 million by one estimate, and the task just took on more urgency.

Federal regulators have given the struggling First Federal Bankshares Inc. in Sioux City, Iowa, until the end of September to raise the capital levels at its Vantus Bank unit.

Town Center Bank is practically giving itself away. In a deal with more than one unusual twist, it plans to sell itself for no more than the bad loans on its books.

The National Credit Union Administration seized the tiny Free Choice Federal Credit Union in Philadelphia on Friday, bringing the number of credit union failures this year to 12.

Coastal Banking Co. of Beaufort, S.C., has entered into a formal agreement with regulators to reduce its risky assets.

Only three mutual thrifts have succeeded in going public so far this year, but the conversion market is starting to pick up, with two large deals on the way.

WASHINGTON — Three banks totaling $1.9 billion in assets failed late Friday, bringing the year's closure total to 84.

InBank of Oak Forest, Ill., went from well capitalized to insolvent in no time at all, and industry observers are pointing to the $209 million-asset bank as an extreme example of an aggressive regulatory approach to deteriorating credit quality.

Sierra Bancorp in Porterville, Calif., has lined up a $21.3 million capital infusion.

Pinnacle Bank of Rogers, Ark., and Central Bank of Little Rock have called off plans to merge.

California credit unions had another increase in loan delinquencies during the second quarter, and more of them have been deemed troubled.

Preferred Bank in Los Angeles aimed to bring in $10 million with its recent stock offering, but demand exceeded its expectations.

LegacyTexas Group Inc. in Plano must get more aggressive in dealing with its loan trouble in order to satisfy regulators.

The $7.8 billion-asset company said Thursday that it had proposed two separate swaps — one for its $100 million of subordinated notes, the other for its $125 million of capital securities.

Plains Capital Corp. said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will use the funds to pay off its $92 million in funding under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, pay off another $20 million in debt and perhaps use the remainder to buy other banks or assets.