Florida

BankUnited Inc. posted a slight increase in third-quarter earnings as the Miami Lakes company continued to aggressively grow commercial loans in Florida.

WASHINGTON - Two Florida bank executives and one bank borrower were sentenced to federal prison Tuesday and ordered to pay nearly $100 million for attempting to defraud the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

1st United of Boca Raton struck two deals in three days that would move it into central Florida and give it 26 branches in the state.

Two community banks in Georgia, and one in Florida, were closed late Friday at a cost of more than $130 million to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Stonegate Bank in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 73% from a year earlier, to $1.6 million, due to increased lending.

American Momentum Bank is committed to buying Brazos Valley Bank in College Station, Texas, though it swapped out its application with the Federal Reserve.

Under orders from regulators to beef up its capital levels, Legacy Bank of Florida in Boca Raton has raised $2.8 million in new capital and has deals in place in to receive an additional $13.5 million.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said Tuesday that it was planning a 1-for-5 reverse split of its class A and B common stock.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued cease-and-desist orders against Intercredit Bank in Miami and Border Capital Bank in McAllen, Texas, citing credit and capital concerns.

Atlantic Coast Financial Corp. in Jacksonville, Fla., said in a regulatory filing last week that Robert J. Larison Jr. is retiring as its chief operating officer.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced a written agreement with Pinnacle Bank Holding Co. in Orange City, Fla.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed First National Bank of Florida, in Milton, on Friday.

BankAtlantic Bancorp in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has promoted Charles Mohr to president of retail banking, the latest in a string of executive appointments the company has recently announced.

Regulators closed banks in Florida, Georgia and Illinois Friday, all in places were many banks have already met their demise. On Thursday, a bank failed in Pennsylvania, one of just a handful to fail in that state in the last few years.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed Lydian Private Bank in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. The $1.7 billion-asset bank is the 10th bank to fail in Florida this year.

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida if finally current on dividends tied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program after missing nine payments to the Treasury Department.

Mercantile Bancorp once believed that its bank in sleepy Quincy, Ill. was not enough. Now, that bank might hold the key to the company's survival.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has ordered three community banks hobbled by losses on real estate loans to raise fresh capital or merge with other banks.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is heading west to try to drum up interest in its stock.

BankUnited Inc. said Wednesday that second quarter net income fell 14% compared with a year earlier partly because of lower payments coming from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. related to its loss-share agreement.