Americas

Greystone Bank in Raleigh, N.C., is one small loan away from a rare voluntary liquidation.

A dissident shareholder's bid to win a seat on the board of HF Financial Corp. received a boost Friday after an independent advisory firm endorsed his candidacy.

CommunityBank of Texas has appointed a longtime Houston banker as its president.

Ed Willingham, president of the North Carolina company, was elected a director of the Richmond Fed.

Freed from an enforcement order that had restricted its growth, Royal Bancshares Inc. in Narberth, Pa., has brought in a seasoned veteran to lead its expansion in small-business lending.

The names of 18 former CapitalBank branches in South Carolina have been changed to Park Sterling Bank.

Union First Market Bankshares Corp. in Richmond, Va., said Thursday that it will redeem preferred stock issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Trustmark said late Wednesday that it will pay $22 million for the $247 million-asset Bay Bank, representing about 85% of the seller's tangible book value at Sept. 30.

First BanCorp in Puerto Rico said Wednesday that it had raised about $3.3 million from a rights offering.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of Volunteer Corporate CU approved the combination with West Virginia Corporate FCU to create a $1.5 billion corporate, one of six pending corporate marriages.