A recent hike in the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship is providing bankers a fresh opportunity to court Hispanic immigrants as customers.

Anadarko Bank and Trust Co. in Oklahoma must improve its lending procedures and board oversight under an agreement it has reached with the Federal Reserve Board and the Oklahoma State Banking Department.

BancorpSouth Inc. is wasting no time bulking up in Missouri.

Comerica Inc. has dropped its plan to pursue a national bank charter as its planned move to Texas nears.

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has sided with the $300 million-asset Westborough Bank in a dispute with shareholders over its proposed sale.

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ViewPoint Bank in Plano, Tex., announced that it has a $1.2 million cash deal for the assets and loan origination business of Bankers Financial Mortgage Group Ltd. in Dallas.

Marco Community Bank of Marco Island, Fla., has entered an agreement with the Federal Reserve, which cited problems with the bank's asset quality, credit administration, and risk management.

Comerica Inc. has dropped its plan to pursue a national bank charter as its planned move to Texas nears.

BancorpSouth Inc. is wasting no time bulking up in Missouri.

Mary Cheh dreams big — the first-term City Councilwoman wants to transform the District of Columbia into a financial center.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc.'s biggest shareholder has terminated its deal to reacquire a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home builder BankAtlantic spun off three years earlier.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville announced late Wednesday that it is buying Mid-America Bancshares Inc. of Nashville for $196 million in cash and stock.

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Pacific Commerce Bank in Los Angeles said Wednesday that it had converted its national charter into a state one, so it could have higher lending limits for its new focus on commercial real estate lending.

Atlantic Southern Financial Group Inc. of Macon, Ga., is moving into Florida.

LCNB Corp. of Lebanon, Ohio, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Sycamore National Bank in Cincinnati for $9.7 million in cash and stock.

Three weeks after reporting a second-quarter profit of $651,000, PSB Group Inc. in Madison Heights, Mich., now says it lost $339,000 in the quarter.

The newly public TFS Financial Corp. in Cleveland said Tuesday that it swung to a $17.3 million loss in its fiscal third quarter, which ended June 30, after earning $14.7 million a year earlier.

Camden National Corp., of Camden, Maine, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Union Bankshares Co., of Ellsworth, Maine, for about $72.5 million, or 1.82 times book value.