Americas

BBVA Compass in Birmingham, Ala., has taken the first step to becoming a registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The former president and chief executive of Bank of Choice in Greeley, Colo., will pay $65,000 to investors to settle charges he violated registration and anti-fraud provisions of the Colorado Securities Act.

Popular Community Bank plans to bring a financial literary program run by nonprofit Operation HOPE to its branches in Harlem and the Bronx.

NCR Corp. will install more than 2,000 NCR ATMs for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the U.K.

In its third acquisition deal this year, Independent Bank Group (IBTX) in McKinney, Texas, has agreed to buy BOH Holdings in Houston.

Community Bankers Trust (ESXB) in Glen Allen, Va., has redeemed $2.5 million of preferred shares issued to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Joseph Bella, who operates several debt collection companies in the Buffalo region, is accused of illegally contacting borrowers' employers in search of information about their Social Security numbers, hourly wages and hiring dates.

Amalgamated Bank in New York, N.Y., has appointed one of its former leaders to temporarily replace its president and chief executive.

Bank of Hawaii (BOH) has approved a process where shareholders can pressure directors in uncontested elections.

The $1.2 billion-asset company said Tuesday that net proceeds from the sales totaled $26.3 million. Old Line said the sales will increase its tangible common equity.