The $442 million-asset company began raising the capital on June 21; the campaign closed on Friday, according to a regulatory filing.

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas (FFBH) in Harrison has agreed to buy First National Security in Hot Springs, Ark.

First South Bancorp, a privately held Tennessee company, has enough capital support to do deals without having to go public, CEO Chris Holmes says in a Q&A.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren may have a reputation as the banking industry's toughest foe, but behind the scenes she's formed a growing alliance with community banks, a widespread and politically powerful group.

The mainstream press remains an important component of the broad conversations taking place around your brand.

Citigroup's board has named two heavyweights as independent directors: James S. Turley, the CEO of Ernst & Young for the past decade, and Gary M. Reiner, a former longtime chief information officer at General Electric.

Consumers are not overly concerned with the appearance of bank branches, according to a recent survey by Synergistics Research.

Looking to help CUs bring more value to their members, Cummins Allison is giving credit unions several new options to place self-service coin machines in their branches.

At a time when many single-SEG credit unions are expanding their charters, one CU continues to see significant growth opportunity in getting a lot closer to its only sponsor.

Buried in the Corker-Warner reform bill are two provisions that would give the Federal Home Loan banks an opportunity to play a major role in the new housing finance system.

Banks are facing new challenges ranging from cyberattacks to funding needs, and many have created special posts to confront those issues. Here are some relatively new titles that have sprung up in recent years.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU plans to start moving some of its employees into its new, 12-story tower office in downtown Raleigh later this month.

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Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin (ABCW) has defaulted on a loan from a group of banks led by U.S. Bancorp (USB) after the Federal Reserve Board rejected a request to extend the loan.

Allegiance Bancshares has hired a longtime Houston banker as its chief financial officer.

Many small and midsize firms consider overseas sales as crucial to sustained growth, and banks are responding by beefing up their trade-finance units.

The Township of Mount Holly, New Jersey and a local citizens' group are seeking to settle a dispute now before the Supreme Court that threatens to undercut the Obama administration's crackdown on alleged discrimination in lending.

The Office of the Comptroller Currency ordered JPMorgan Chase to refund fees to certain retirement account customers whom it steered into its own mutual funds. The move reflected regulators' broader concerns about conflicts of interest in its giant asset management business.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling is expected to unveil new mortgage finance reform legislation this month — an effort that has virtually no chance of becoming law this year, but one that will undoubtedly shape the housing debate.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.