In its waning hours on June 5, Bank of Lincolnwood sent a state judge an SOS.

Some of the Small Business Administration's most crucial partners are the thousands of lenders that underwrite billions of dollars in SBA loans every year. Together, we are helping America's small businesses keep their doors open while growing and creating jobs.

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MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – The Mechanicsburg Area school board voted Tuesday to name the Mechanicsburg Middle School library for Members 1st FCU.

MELROSE, Minn. – Central Minnesota FCU is planning to expand into the nearby communities of St. Joseph and Avon with new branches.

ROANOKE, Va. – Fast-growing Member One FCU has submitted plans to build a new headquarters adjacent to its existing building in northeast Roanoke.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Webster First FCU will move its operations center next week from nearby Webster to an 85,000-square-foot building in this western Massachusetts city.

Even if the line to buy failed banks grows longer, Tom C. Nichols and Don E. Cosby say they'll stay on it.

ST. LOUIS – American Eagle CU has acquired a 29,600 square-foot former branch of Regions Bank and plans to renovate it for its own service center.

BEAUMONT, Texas – Education First FCU continued its year-long building spree with plans for a new training facility–along with the seven supermarket branches opened over the past 12 months.

When brainstorming over the winter about potential mascots for a children's savings program, First Arkansas Bank and Trust's marketing team considered the usual suspects: superheroes, Barney the dinosaur, cartoon characters and the like.

Heritage Commerce Corp. in San Jose said it no longer intends to buy two branches from Wells Fargo & Co.

Hanmi Financial Corp. in Los Angeles has withdrawn its application to participate in the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program after conferring with its regulators.

Some well-known Texas bankers say that they plan to start bidding on failed institutions now that they have a shelf charter from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Campus USA Credit Union has started construction on a new 95,000-square-foot headquarters and adjacent 4,500-square-foot branch office in nearby Jonesville.

A year after announcing plans to pair a specialty finance business with a Chicago banking company, Castle Creek Capital LLC is giving up on the deal.

The future-of-branching debate — "brick-and-mortar is dead!" "no, expansion is near!" — is back on, but the two sides have more in common than they might think.

ATLANTA — If a CU determines it can't extend branch hours, it should consider turning to shared branching to boost convenience, according to one person.