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a month after completing a recapitalization, the $9.7B-asset company cleared another major hurdle Monday as regulators rescinded a year-old cease-and-desist order.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

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

Integra Bank of Evansville, Ind., has closed its last branch sale in a string of five such deals it made this year to raise capital levels.

Central Virginia Bankshares Inc. in Powhatan has called off its rights and stock offering amid concerns about market conditions.

The passage of the financial reform bill has introduced quite possibly the most sweeping reform of financial regulations since the Great Depression.