Park National Corp. in Newark, Ohio, said Monday that it earned $23 million in the first quarter, up 9.1% from the year earlier.

Buoyed by growth in its tax refund anticipation loan business, Republic Bancorp Inc. of Louisville said Friday that its first-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year earlier, to $19.8 million, or 96 cents a share.

BancFirst Corp. in Oklahoma City said Friday that its first-quarter earnings climbed 4.5% from a year earlier, to $11.6 million.

Centennial Bank Holdings Inc. in Denver said Friday that its first-quarter earnings fell nearly 41% from the year earlier, to $3.2 million.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston said Friday that its first-quarter earnings rose 13.4% from a year earlier, to $23 million, or 52 cents a share, meeting the average of analysts’ estimates.

A term from the days of the savings and loan crisis is creeping back into the industry lexicon — performing nonperforming loans.

Recently the Credit Union National Association came out loudly against the Treasury Department's plan to reform regulation of the financial industry, saying it is bad for consumers.

First Community Bancorp Inc. said Thursday that its declining market value had forced it to write down a substantial portion of the goodwill it has accumulated through acquisitions.

WASHINGTON — Tom Dorety had been the Credit Union National Association's chairman for just a month when the Treasury Department delivered a bombshell: Its blueprint for financial services reform would strip large credit unions of their income tax exemption.

Provident Bankshares Corp. of Baltimore swung to a $17.6 million loss in the first quarter, as it took a $42.7 million charge on its investment securities, but investors did not seem to mind.

Shares of Umpqua Holdings Corp. spiked Thursday after the Portland, Ore., company reported that its first-quarter earnings rose 19% from the year earlier, to $24.7 million. Earnings per share grew 17%, to 41 cents.

First Financial Bankshares Inc. in Abilene said Thursday afternoon that its first-quarter earnings increased 14.8% from a year earlier, to $13.16 million.

Southside Bancshares Inc. in Tyler said late Thursday that net income rose 47.4% from a year earlier, to $5.5 million.

Amcore Financial Inc.'s loan losses have been mounting for several quarters, so investors and analysts had been expecting first-quarter earnings to be so-so at best.

First Mariner Bancorp in Baltimore said Wednesday that it lost $3.3 million, or 52 cents a share, in the first quarter as a result of continued chargeoffs in its alternative-A mortgage loan portfolio.

Shares of East West Bancorp Inc. fell sharply Wednesday after the Pasadena, Calif., company reported that its first-quarter profits fell 88% from a year earlier, to $5 million.

William A. Donius, Pulaski Financial Corp.'s chief executive and president, has been the face of the St. Louis thrift company for a decade and the architect of its expansion, but on May 1 he will step away from running its daily operations and, as he put it, get to work on his "bucket list."

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Enterprise Financial Services Corp. of St. Louis said Tuesday that its first-quarter earnings rose 13% from a year earlier, to $3.6 million.

Independence Federal Savings Bank in Washington announced Tuesday that a cease-and-desist order under which it had been operating since June 2006 has been terminated, though it is still subject to a memorandum of understanding until further notice.