Oklahoma

Bank deposit advances, which strongly resemble payday loans, have been facing extinction since coming into the crosshairs of federal banking regulators.

Fee revenue and improved asset quality helped BancFirst (BANF) in Oklahoma City beat fourth-quarter earnings forecasts.

The $2 billion-asset company said late Thursday that it would sell branches in Anthony and Harper to BancCentral in Alva, Okla. A third branch, in Overland Park, is being sold to Fidelity Bank in Wichita, Kan.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions with Cornerstone Holding Co. in Fargo, N.D., and Commerce Bancshares in Catoosa, Okla.

The Treasury Department expects to receive roughly $66 million from a recent auction of stakes it owns in seven banks from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The Treasury Department plans to auction stakes in eight more banks as it continues winding down the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Southwest Bancorp is merging its banks in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas into one national charter under the new name Bank SNB.

BOK Financial (BOKF) has agreed to acquire GTRUST Financial, an independent trust and asset management company in Topeka, Kan.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took action against three banks in August and released one bank from a consent order.

Managing the royalties of oil and gas landowners could generate big new fee opportunities for well-positioned banks.

Southwest Bancorp in Stillwater, Okla., has redeemed a series of trust-preferred securities.

The Federal Reserve System has taken regulatory action against Union City Corp. in El Reno, Okla., and released a Missouri holding company and its banking unit from a written agreement.

Prosperity Bancshares in Houston has agreed to buy F&M Bancorp in Tulsa, Okla.

Capitol Bancorp (CBCRQ) has lost another bank after regulators closed its Sunrise Bank of Arizona on Friday.

In an effort to simplify its mortgage process and improve compliance, BOK Financial (BOKF) in Tulsa, Okla., has chosen DocuTech's mortgage loan document software.

Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., has struck a deal for Summit Bancshares of Tulsa that would nearly double its asset base in Oklahoma.

Southwest Bancorp (OKSB) in Stillwater, Okla., has repurchased all of the $70 million in preferred securities it sold to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Regulators shuttered four banks Friday evening — totaling $676 million of assets — that combined are estimated to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. about $80 million.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has lifted an agreement against Stillwater National Bank and Trust in Payne, Okla.

Southwest Bancorp Inc. in Stillwater, Okla., on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter loss after shedding $300 million in problem assets through a bulk loan sale.