Maryland

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has hired four bankers to a develop a business line making Federal Housing Administration-insured loans for multifamily rental properties.

First United Corp. in Oakland, Md., has named Carissa Rodeheaver chairman and chief executive.

Bay Bancorp in Columbia, Md., has agreed to buy Hopkins Bancorp in Pikesville, Md., for $23.8 million in cash.

The $467 million-asset mutual thrift appointed Patricia Stetler to the role this week.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has added equipment leasing to its lineup of commercial banking products.

A federal judge who dismissed a case against two high-cost lenders suggested the outcome was unfortunate, but said her hands were tied by the law.

Two of central Maryland's oldest community banks have agreed to merge and reorganize under a new name.

Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares in Berlin, Md., has named professionals from the hospitality and accounting industries to its board.

First Horizon National in Memphis, Tenn., will record an $11.6 million expense in the third quarter, after an arbitration panel officially ruled against it in a securities-related dispute with First United Corp. in Oakland, Md.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has redeemed all the shares it accumulated through the Small Business Lending Fund program.

Sandy Spring Bancorp in Olney, Md., has appointed executives from the technology and legal industries to newly created seats on its board.

First Horizon National Corp. in Memphis expects to be fined up to $11.5 million by federal arbitration panel, in a dispute over its sale of preferred-term securities to First United Corp. in Oakland, Md.

Revere Bank in Laurel, Md., has agreed to buy BlueRidge Bank in Frederick, Md.

Hamilton Bancorp in Towson, Md., has agreed to buy Fraternity Community Bancorp in Baltimore for $27 million in cash, or $19.25 a share. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter.

Congressional Bancshares in Bethesda, Md., has received regulatory and shareholder approval to acquire American Bank in Rockville, Md.

Get a bunch of community bankers together and they start sharing efficiency ratios like golf scores. There seem to be more bogeys than holes in one these days in the course of cost-cutting.

Severn Bancorp in Annapolis, Md., has hired a former Susquehanna Bancshares executive as its chief lending officer.

BB&T will close a loan-processing center in Hagerstown, Md., which it obtained from its acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares.

Glen Burnie Bancorp in Maryland is looking for its next chief executive.

Cecil Bancorp in Elkton, Md., has been ordered by federal regulators to raise more capital or sell itself.