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New Resource Bank has opened its first branch outside its home base of San Francisco with an eye toward furthering its green-lending mission.

New York's financial regulator has ordered 28 online lenders to disclose whether they offer loans to state residents and to describe the types of financing they provide.

John Garbarino will step aside as chairman of the $4.2 billion-asset company on Dec. 31, but he will turn over the job to a familiar face — Christopher Maher, who will remain president and chief executive, also.

Ottawa Savings Bancorp in Ottawa, Ill., is planning its second-step conversion.

The chief banking officer of CoBank in Denver will be its next CEO.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., said it had secured enough votes to prevail in a fight with a big shareholder.

Chemung Financial in Elmira, N.Y., is set to form an insurance unit.

Union Bankshares in Richmond, Va., will open a loan production office after hiring a team that worked at NewBridge Bancorp.

Franklin Savings Bank in Franklin, N.H., has lured an executive from Florida to become its next chief financial officer.

Mackinac Financial in Manistique, Mich., has promoted an executive from its bank to become its next chief financial officer.

Castle Creek Capital Partners has appointed a director to serve on the board at HCSB Financial in Loris, S.C.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco plans to raise about $178 million through a common stock offering.

Civista Bancshares in Sandusky, Ohio, will record a gain of roughly $1.5 million in the second quarter after a nonperforming loan was fully repaid.

Community Business Bank in West Sacramento, Calif., has finally put the Troubled Asset Relief Program in the past.

At least three community banks have hired lenders who once worked at banks bought by BB&T. The question is whether those lenders can coax their clients to also make a switch.

First South Bancorp survived a close vote on a shareholder proposal to "immediately" take steps to sell the Washington, N.C., company.

The $2.5 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that Martyn Pell, president of its First Community Bank, had resigned, effective immediately.

Banks have rushed to the exits when it comes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt securities. Federal liquidity rules seem to be prompting big banks to do so, but why small banks are unloading the bonds, too, is more of a puzzler.

The $25 billion-asset subsidiary of First Horizon National said in a press release Wednesday that Louis Allen, executive vice president and manager of commercial banking for the bank's west Tennessee region, will be promoted to regional president June 30.

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., has hired Lynn Ozer as president of Small Business Administration lending. Before joining Fulton, Ozer led a small-business lending team at Susquehanna Bancshares that was largely dismissed after the company's sale to BB&T.