House Financial Services Committee Democratic leaders introduced a bill Wednesday to expand the Community Reinvestment Act and impose stricter standards on banks.

Fulton Financial Corp. in Lancaster, Pa., said Tuesday that two of its banking subsidiaries have agreed to merge, creating a $9 billion-asset bank operating in three Northeast states.

Mission Oaks Bancorp Inc. in Temecula, Calif., restated its second-quarter earnings, resulting in a wider loss stemming from impaired loans.

Porter Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky., said that an institutional investor had purchased another $745,016 of stock, completing its $5 million investment in the company.

In the months leading up to its deal with First Niagara Financial Group, NewAlliance Bancshares Inc. entertained an offer from another suitor, while continuing to woo a potential acquisition target.

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.

Less than a month after completing a recapitalization, the $9.7B-asset company cleared another major hurdle Monday as regulators rescinded a year-old cease-and-desist order.

Sterling Financial Corp. in Spokane, Wash., said that regulators have lifted a cease-and-desist order under which it was operating just one month after the company completed a recapitalization.

Monarch Community Bancorp Inc. of Coldwater, Mich., said that it entered into a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Sept. 21.

First Financial Northwest Inc. in Renton, Wash., said that its bank unit has entered into a formal agreement with its regulators.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Fort Campbell FCU and the Clarksville-Montgomery County School system opened two student-run branches at North East High School and Rossview High School.

Capital Bancorp Ltd. said Tuesday that it has completed the sale of its 51% stake in the Bank of San Francisco.

Nearly a year after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it would resume revealing the losing bids for failed banks, bankers and others in the industry find its disclosures wanting.

U.S. credit card delinquencies fell in August as the six top issuers reported improved numbers, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Changes in the value of securities continued to have an outsize impact in the first half, but net income returned to the fore.

New York regulators filed felony criminal charges against the owner of a collection agency that targeted military personnel and harassed active military members and their families.

LIVE OAK, Texas – Randolph-Brooks FCU has picked northwest Austin as its base of operations for Central Texas.

Eagle Bancorp Inc. of Bethesda, Md., on Monday agreed to acquire a Washington branch along with $17.2 million in deposits from OBA Bank.

LandMark Bank of Florida in Sarasota is now operating under a prompt corrective action directive from the Federal Reserve.

Even with something few aspiring de novos can claim — $25 million of initial capital — launching has been a long, complicated process for Start Community Bank.