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Howard Bancorp in Ellicott City, Md., raised nearly $500,000 in capital after management and directors exercised warrants to buy common stock.

Congressional Bancshares in Bethesda, Md., has agreed to buy American Bank Holdings in Bethesda.

Intervest Bancshares in New York has officially exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

FERGUSON, Mo. — A family restaurant near the center of where much of the violence in this city has occurred is still open, thanks in part to a $5,000 0% loan from Alliance CU.

Jane Thompson, the former head of the financial services division at Wal-Mart Stores, has joined the board of OnDeck, a small business lending company in New York.

Lennar Homes and RBC Bank have formalized their unofficial agreement to help provide mortgages to Canadians buying homes in Southwest Florida.

Leaders of large community banks in the Southeast are keen on acquisitions, though their level of interest varies widely. Some, like Home BancShares in Arkansas, are eager to line up the next big deal. Others, including Bank of the Ozarks, seem content to steal lenders and open offices after several years of acquisitions.

CrossFirst Bank in Leawood, Kansas, has opened a new division to serve the oil, gas and energy markets and hired a team of five bankers with experience in this sector.

Ronald R. Reed has resigned as chief executive of Citizens Independent Bancorp in Logan, Ohio, and its bank unit.

An internal review at Goodwill Industries has concluded that hackers accessed customer payments data through a vendor-related weak spot.

For Apple, the timing couldn't be worse to launch a mobile wallet.

First South Bancorp in Washington, N.C., has become the latest community bank to buy branches from Bank of America.

Mt. Washington Savings Bank in Cincinnati is planning to convert from a mutual savings and loan association to a company partly owned by public shareholders.

Cardinal Financial in Tysons Corner, Va., has agreed to buy a Virginia branch from Virginia Heritage Bank.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federally insured credit unions parlayed an improving economy in the second quarter of 2014 to the highest year-over-year loan growth since 2006, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the National Credit Union Administration.

The company is opening high-tech loan production offices and using data analytics to match customers with products. But like other banks seeking to modernize, Seacoast is trying to balance short-term needs with costly long-term investments.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has charged Evans Bancorp in Hamburg, N.Y., with deliberately failing to provide mortgages in minority neighborhoods in Buffalo.

Pacific Premier in Irvine, Calif., has raised approximately $59 million through a private placement.

FRESNO, Calif. — Crooks this weekend stole a backhoe, drove it to a nearby CU and attempted to rip open the ATM outside the office and the cash vault beneath it.

The Bank of Napa has established a relief fund for victims of the recent California earthquake, which was centered in the bank's local area.