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Sound Financial Bancorp in Seattle has selected a former Fannie Mae executive to join its board.

Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., said Monday that first-quarter profits fell 5% from a year earlier, to $61.1 million, as net interest income fell and expenses rose.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Shared branching network CU Service Centers of Alabama is set to return $147,000 in patronage rebates and dividends, the fourth consecutive year it has done so.

Wells Fargo in San Francisco and a unit of Blackstone Group have agreed to buy commercial real estate loans held by GE Capital in transactions valued at $23 billion.

The Western Independent Bankers, a San Francisco industry group, has a new president and chief executive.

Financial Institutions Inc. in Warsaw, N.Y., increased the size of its debt offering by 14% due to high demand.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin said Thursday that it has offered buyouts to nearly 20% of its employees and is closing six branches as part of its ongoing effort to improve efficiency.

Financial Institutions Inc. in Warsaw, N.Y., has begun a $35 million debt offering to help fund growth.

Community First Bank in Seneca, S.C., has overhauled its executive management team, including naming new chief executive, financial and credit officers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule cracking down on predatory payday lenders could wind up shutting down some credit unions' consumer-friendly payday loan alternatives.

The $5.8 billion First Financial said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $1.9 million in cash for 4Trust Mortgage in a deal that should close next month.

BOULDER, Colo. — State and federal regulators have granted approval for two Boulder-area credit unions to take part in a "merger of equals."

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Several years into the oil boom in Western North Dakota, two credit unions say that for all the growth they've seen, there's no escaping a very real people problem.

AUSTIN, Texas — There is a "new day" coming as Congress considers a trio of bills related to the member business lending cap.

Novantas, a New York-based bank advisory firm, has hired the former head of analytics for Bank of America.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville has agreed to buy CapitalMark Bank & Trust in Chattanooga, Tenn.

CBank in Cincinnati has agreed to buy Commercial Industrial Finance, a St. Louis equipment leasing and finance firm.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — St. Mary's Bank, the nation's first credit union, is offering first-time home-buyers assistance with down payments and closing costs.

Hilltop Holdings in Lubbock, Texas, plans to issue $150 million in senior debt.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA has revised its supervisory policies in order to ease the secondary capital process for low-income credit unions and investors.