Spotting opportunity where bankers do not, acquisitive outsiders are moving in on targets in the financial services industry.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Union CU, known till last year as Inland Empire Trades CU, is branching out to the Tri-Cities area with a new branch in Kennewick.

Integra Bank Corp. may get a second shot at taking over Peoples Community Bancorp Inc.

Though it qualifies as well capitalized under the typical standards, Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Wash., is now under a regulatory order to fatten its capital levels.

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp Inc. in Alpena announced Friday that it is selling its insurance subsidiary as it refocuses its attention on community banking.

Bankers are increasingly asking themselves whether taking government funds is a good deal — and coming up with more reasons not to.

Saving is in vogue again, and banks are beginning to get in on the action.

Hoping to capitalize on the departure of competitors, Tennessee Commerce Bancorp of Franklin is stepping up its nationwide business of financing equipment purchases for small companies.

Shares of Cape Fear Bank Corp. lost half of their value Thursday, after the $473 million-asset Wilmington, N.C., company said that regulators ordered it to maintain higher capital levels.

Capmark Financial Group Inc., a Horsham, Pa., commercial real estate finance company, has withdrawn its Federal Reserve Board application to become a bank holding company and is in talks with lenders to restructure its revolving credit and bridge loan agreements to avoid default.

Iberiabank Corp. in Lafayette, La., is believed to be the first banking company in the country to announce it will give back the money it received from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Waterford Village Bank in Williamsville, N.Y., must increase its capital and assess its management to satisfy consent orders from the New York State Banking Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

STAFFORD, Va. – Navy FCU said it opened its new branch at the Quantico Corporate Center on Monday.

HUDSON, N.Y. – In an effort to better reach members in rural Greene County, Columbia-Green FCU plans to introduce a mobile mini-branch to one of the credit union’s select groups.

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The Office of Thrift Supervision is using the availability of federal capital programs as a bargaining chip to strengthen its oversight of holding companies.

Nearly six months after being ordered to boost capital, Team Financial Inc. warned that it would report a staggering full-year loss, and it disclosed a fresh batch of regulatory actions that further clouded its chances for survival.

TierOne Corp. in Lincoln, Neb., said it lost money for the second consecutive year but remains well capitalized.

Though it is struggling to stay alive, Corus Bankshares Inc. of Chicago gave two executives $125,000 bonuses this month.