Two days before approving a $175 million investment for TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla., the Federal Reserve entered into a written agreement with the struggling company.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., Wednesday set the price of its two stock offerings, through which it expects to raise about $12 million in capital.

Recent lawsuits could stop community banks in at least two states from deliberately processing the largest transactions first — a method that triggers additional overdrafts and thus higher fees — after a California judge ruled against Wells Fargo & Co. last month.

Companies are in business to stay in business, and it's a huge conflict of interest to ask them to come up with their own resolution plans.

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A branch manager at CVB Financial Corp. in Ontario, Calif., has been arrested and charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from customer accounts at its bank unit.

Jacksonville Bancorp Inc. in Florida is raising more capital for its deal to acquire hometown rival Atlantic BancGroup Inc.

Few would argue that it's tough to own a community bank these days. It can be even more difficult to co-own a struggling bank — fifty-fifty — with another family.

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Mid-Hudson Valley FCU, which has been piloting 24/7 branches, said it is opening three more of the full-service facilities in the coming months.

Forward curves suggest continued narrowing between long term and short term rates, along with a continued squeeze on bank margins.

MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU, Pennsylvania’s third-largest credit union, is opening two branches in nearby Lancaster this fall and hopes to open a third next year.

Regulators tend to prefer that existing banks, not groups of private investors, acquire failed banks, yet Community and Southern, along with State Bank and Trust Co. in Macon, Ga., has been able to put private-equity money to use in FDIC-assisted deals.

Jay Sidhu is one step closer to building another regional empire. In an interview Monday, he said a bid for tiny ISN Bank was to gain access to customers in the Garden State.

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corp. in Naugatuck, Conn., has amended its merger agreement with Southern Connecticut Bancorp Inc. in New Haven, blaming weakened stock market conditions.

North American Financial Holdings Inc. of Charlotte has received approval to invest $175 million in the struggling TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla.

BankSimple captured imaginations with the idea of low-frills, low-fee banking. Missing? A bank partner with the technological savvy to support the vision. That part's not so simple.

A California-based mortgage lender and its owner have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally charged Hispanic consumers higher prices for mortgage loans than non-Hispanic white consumers.

Bank turnaround artist Patrick Frawley sealed deals to buy three failed institutions in Georgia on Friday, as regulators shuttered a total of six banks.

Porter Bancorp Inc. of Louisville, Ky., said Thursday that its shareholders approved several changes related to a stock conversion that will help complete two private placements totaling $31.3 million in capital.

Security California Bancorp in Riverside has raised $20 million in a private placement of its common stock to refuel its subsidiary, Security Bank of California.