Americas

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced written agreements with two banking companies.

On the verge of retirement, CEO Gary Base strikes his first-ever deal - and finds his replacement.

Are disgruntled shareholders trying to seize control of the board Capitol Bancorp Ltd. or at least sack all the directors in one fell swoop?

Citigroup Inc. told regulators that 413 employees may be dismissed in locations across New York City as the firm starts 4,500 reductions announced last week.

Piedmont Community Bank Holdings Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., wants to up its ownership stake in Crescent Financial Corp. of Cary, N.C., and is giving Crescent shareholders more time to mull its offer.

The heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune has ties to the industry, but the family's last banking venture didn't end so well.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., of Pittsburgh, officially entered the Atlanta market over the weekend after closing a deal to acquire Flagstar Bancorp Inc.'s 27 branches there.

After reporting a profit of $2.6 million in the third quarter, Pacific Continental Corp. in Eugene, Ore., is projecting a loss in the fourth quarter as result of expected writedowns on certain real estate loans.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., said Thursday that it repurchased warrants it issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The Federal Reserve Board said Thursday that it had approved Brookline Bancorp Inc.'s acquisition of Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. in Providence, R.I.