Florida

Capital levels at SouthBank in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., have dropped below a minimum required by regulators.

Marie Blake now oversees the $13.1 billion-asset company's regulatory compliance department, it said Tuesday.

Banesco USA in Coral Gables, Fla., has named an interim president and chief executive to replace Rafael Saldaña, who left Friday.

U.S. Century Bank in Doral, Fla., has gained a pair of new investors and lost two others in the latest chapter of the struggling bank's $50 million recapitalization plan.

EverBank Financial (EVER) has reached a $43 million settlement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in connection with allegations of improper foreclosure practices.

The Department of Justice has dropped a deferred money-laundering case against the banking unit of Ocean Bankshares in Miami, the company announced Thursday.

Regulators have lifted an enforcement action against Eastern National Bank in Miami, according to a report.

John Linfante is stepping down as the chairman of Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC), the latest leader to leave the Florida bank since investors rejected its sale to Bond Street Holdings.

Jacksonville Bancorp (JAXB) in Florida recorded its second straight quarterly profit as it continues to clean up its loan portfolio.

As a good bank in a hard-hit state, Gulfstream Bancshares in Stuart, Fla., focused on getting in the best shape to be above reproach to potential buyers. The strategy worked, and its agreement to sell itself to CenterState could embolden others.

WASHINGTON — Regulators seized a $265 million-asset bank based in Fort Myers, Fla., late Friday and sold its operations in a deal protecting all of the failed bank's depositors.

BankUnited (BKU) in Miami Lakes, Fla., added interest income and beat earnings estimates as it expanded into New York City last quarter.

Florida Community Bank in Naples is partnering with Raymond James Financial (RJF) to offer its customers asset management services.

The Treasury Department plans to sell its stake in eight more institutions as it seeks to continuing winding down the 5-year-old Troubled Asset Relief Program.

BankUnited (BKU) said Tuesday that it had signed a lease to add 20,000 square feet to its headquarters, which already occupies five buildings and 120,000 square feet in Miami Lakes, Fla.

John Kanas is losing his top lieutenant at BankUnited (BKU) in Miami Lakes, Fla. The $12.7 billion-asset company said Tuesday that John Bohlsen has resigned as chief lending officer and vice chairman for personal reasons.

1st United, of Boca Raton, paid $5 million in cash to Enterprise's minority shareholders and transferred Enterprise's troubled assets, worth $40.8 million when the deal closed, to its majority owner.

Jacksonville Bancorp is in the market for a new CEO at a time when it is also trying to sell more stock and conduct a reverse stock split.

The chief executive and three directors of Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC) are leaving the company after shareholders rejected a proposed sale to Bond Street Holdings earlier this month.

OptimumBank Holdings (OPHC) in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., can keep listing its shares on the Nasdaq now that a reverse stock split has brought the stock above the exchange's minimum price.