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The Rhode Island company had barely opened the doors of its Fairfield County mortgage office when management started getting pushed about making a bigger splash. For now, CEO Joseph MarcAurele seems content to keep one toe in the water.

Doral Financial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has provided the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. with its capital restoration and contingency plans.

EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., reported higher quarterly profit due to an uptick in residential lending.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., reported quarterly earnings that held steady as higher fee revenues offset rising operating expenses.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, reported lower quarterly earnings due to higher operation expenses and credit costs.

UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo., reported higher quarterly profit on strong commercial lending.

A former Georgia community banker who faked his own death two years ago was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 30 years in prison for committing fraud that led to a bank's failure.

Trustmark Corp. in Jackson Miss., reported a rise in quarterly profit that benefited from a larger loan portfolio.

The $6.4 billion-asset bank said in a press release Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Aperture Media Partners, a film financing company in Los Angeles, to provide loans to the entertainment industry.

First Citizens BancShares in Raleigh, N.C. reported a significant decline in quarterly earnings due to a higher loan-loss provision and increased operating costs.

Flushing Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., reported higher quarterly earnings driven by securities gains and improved asset quality.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, reported higher quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations despite margin pressure.

South State Corp. in Columbia, S.C., struggled to increase earnings but held expenses in check after a major acquisition.

Wells Fargo plans to rebrand Burdale Financial, the asset-based lender it purchased nearly three years ago from the Bank of Ireland.

S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., reported higher quarterly profit that benefited from loan growth and improved asset quality.

Cheviot Financial in Cincinnati has agreed to add a director recommended by activist investor Seidman Group.

First Guaranty Bancshares in Hammond, La., has filed for a $75 million initial public offering.

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu reported higher quarterly profit due to strong loan growth.

Iberiabank is excited to add equipment finance and an SBA lending platform when it buys Old Florida Bancshares. The deal also gives the Louisiana company its first branches in Orlando.

Profits rose at Bridge Bancorp in Bridgehampton, N.Y., on strong loan growth. The $2.2 billion-asset reported net income of $4.9 million in the third quarter, up 56% from a year earlier.