Texas

Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and seven other banks or loan servicers were subpoenaed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for information about their foreclosure practices.

Arguably the most outspoken, staunchly conservative member of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Jeb Hensarling appears eager to help shape the panel's agenda next year if the Republicans seize the House in next week's elections.

Dozens of community banks are pushing hard to close acquisitions in the next few months because completing a deal could become much more costly in 2011.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency assessed a $33 million enforcement order against Woodforest National Bank of The Woodlands, Texas, for unfair and deceptive practices in its overdraft program.

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., Beall's Inc. and Luby's Inc. have renewed multi-year card processing agreements with Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC, the Cincinnati company said Wednesday.

Cadence Financial Corp. of Starkville, Miss., on Wednesday called off its deal with longtime competitor Trustmark Corp. and instead agreed to be acquired by an investment group in Texas.

Nexity Financial Corp. in Birmingham, Ala., which has been operating under bankruptcy court protection, is shedding its wealth management division.

Bank of America Corp. is to supply purchasing cards and electronic payments services to the Irving, Texas, health-care network VHA Inc.

The prepaid customer base for Cardlytics Inc.'s merchant-funded rewards system is growing.

USAA Federal Savings Bank has teamed up with UPS Inc. to offer in-store check depositing services.

A lack of bank failures in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma has Carlile Bancshares in Fort Worth starting to deploy its $328M in capital on banks that are still open but struggling.

Carlile Bancshares Inc. in Texas announced that it has raised $328 million of capital and been given approval by regulators to bid on larger failed banks.

SharePlus Federal Bank in Plano, Texas, has moved one step closer to becoming a publicly traded company.

Customers of Banco Popular N.A. can now withdraw cash for free at an additional 33,000 ATMs under a deal with Cardtronics Inc.'s Allpoint surcharge-free network.

UBS' Americas wealth management division continued its hiring spree, adding million-dollar producers in New York and Houston.

First Financial Bankshares Inc. in Abilene, Texas, said Thursday that it agreed to acquire Sam Houston Financial Corp. in a $22.2 million cash-and-stock deal.

Jason Gillespie, a senior vice president in the warehouse lending division of Southwest Securities FSB of Dallas, has become the second senior official to leave the unit within the past three weeks.

The Austin community bank service provider BancVue said Tuesday it will offer electronic payment services from Total System Services Inc. to its financial company clients.

The Austin community bank service provider BancVue has purchased the credit card portfolio of the failed Silverton Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

David Frase, executive vice president in charge of warehouse lending at the thrift Southwest Securities has left the company, industry officials confirmed.