WEIRTON, W.V. – First Choice America Community FCU is remodeling a one-time Stone & Thomas department store in the downtown into new administrative offices.

MILLVILLE, Tenn. – Thunderbolt Area FCU opened a new branch at the entrance to Millville Municipal Airport in a former branch of TD Banknorth.

MB Financial Inc. picked up the pieces of Corus Bank after its seizure Friday and now plans to spend the rest of the year integrating what was a sizable hometown acquisition.

Washington Federal Inc. in Seattle is raising $300 million of capital to support its growth and possibly make acquisitions.

FBOP Corp. of Oak Park, Ill., which is low on capital at five of its nine banks, has a written agreement with regulators requiring it to improve quickly.

The Fed issued a "written agreement" between its Chicago Reserve Bank and FBOP Corp., the nation's largest privately held bank, ordering FBOP to submit a risk-management plan ...

Credit unions may be hard-pressed to fend off new efforts to bring them under the Community Reinvestment Act, in light of another study questioning their commitment to serving the underserved.

Time ran out on Corus Bank late Friday as regulators closed the once-high-flying Chicago condominium lender and sold its operations to another institution.

Wilshire Bancorp Inc. in Los Angeles has filed a shelf registration to raise up to $100 million of capital.

Premier Members Federal Credit Union in Boulder, Colo., which has an agreement to absorb Colorado United Credit Union in Denver, said it expects to pursue more deals.

The struggling Park View Federal Savings Bank of Solon, Ohio, must boost its capital levels by yearend, and it has a new chief executive officer on board to help.

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Global Consumer Acquisition Corp.'s grand plan to build one of the largest community banking operations is back on track with a deal to buy Service1st Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas.

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Absorbing Texas Community would increase Patriot's asset size by nearly half, to $1.67 billion, making it the 10th largest privately held banking company in the state.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Telhio CU plans to open its sixth branch next week, which will feature dialogue banking, which places the teller and member side-by-side at a banking kiosk instead of separated by a wall.

Various findings indicate a link between small-business owners with mortgages that are resetting and spiking and the financial distress precipitating the small-bank failures.

The New York blank-check company said Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent to buy the $204 million-asset Service 1st Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County CU will mark the opening of its 28th branch Saturday with the help of the Charger Girls, the cheerleaders for the NFL’s Chargers, along with Heath Bell, pitcher for the San Diego Padres baseball team.

Agricultural loans are performing better than other credits, but signs of weakness are all around, and bankers are worried that regulators will overreact.