The Columbia, S.C., company is used to gaining branches and other assets in past deals. Buying Savannah Bancorp adds an investment advisory firm and mortgage capabilities at a time when banks are looking everywhere for ways to boost fees.

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.

The mortgage delinquency rate increased for the first time in a year as slowing economic growth left more borrowers struggling to pay their bills.

The agency is desperately trying to avoid a bailout this year by settling disputes with major banks for cash, selling severely delinquent loans and raising insurance premiums for new borrowers.

About 40 banks and credit unions will offer free gas in 20 cities nationwide in a promotion organized by BancVue. The event is designed to draw attention to certain deposit products offered through BancVue's Kasasa brand.

Prices for single-family homes climbed in three-quarters of U.S. cities and values nationally jumped the most since 2006 as real estate markets stabilized.

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State regulators approved the mergers of five more troubled credit unions yesterday, including two by Credit Union of Southern California, the $600 million Brea credit union's third merger of the past few months.

First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) in Raleigh, N.C., posted strong second-quarter results because of higher net interest income and a lower loan-loss provision.

Jeff Gerhart, the chairman and CEO of Nebraska's Bank of Newman Grove, is trying to help farmers with drought issues while also tackling concerns over Basel III rules and implementation for the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Susquehanna Bancshares (SUSQ) in Lititz, Pa., plans to raise up to $150 million through a senior notes public offering.

Barclays rejected a personalized debit card application from Luciano Pavarotti impersonator Colin Miller, saying Miller broke its rules by using an image of a celebrity.

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Foreclosure filings fell 10 percent in July from a year earlier as court rulings and new legislation slowed the process for seizing homes in some states, according to RealtyTrac.

Morrill & Janes Bank and Trust in Merriam has agreed to buy United Bank of Kansas in Lenexa. United will be merged with Morrill and operate as a branch, Morrill said in a press release.

Citigroup (NSYE: C) is rolling out a pilot program with Carrington Capital Management that would allow several hundred distressed homeowners to stay in their homes as renters.

Itaú Unibanco Holding in São Paulo, Brazil, has denied that it is in negotiations to buy Citizens Financial Group, the U.S. arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Campus card provider Higher One, along with The Bancorp Bank, its former bank partner, have settled a lawsuit with the FDIC stemming from several "alleged unfair and deceptive practices."

Innovest Systems, a technology firm specializing in trust accounting and wealth management products, has named Glenn Schmidt as its chief operating officer.

Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit has named a former Citigroup executive as managing director of North American product sales for its global transaction services business.