Americas

Bank of the Carolinas Corp. in Mocksville, N.C., said that its chief financial officer, Eric E. Rhodes, has resigned from the company.

Waccamaw Bankshares Inc.'s stock was delisted from the Nasdaq after the company said it could not complete its delinquent financial statements.

BNC Bancorp in Thomasville, N.C., announced Wednesday that it would close four of the 10 branches it inherited last month when it acquired the failed Blue Ridge Savings Bank of Asheville, N.C.

Mission Community Bank in San Luis Obispo, Calif., has named Tom L. Dobyns, a longtime California community banker, as its new chief executive.

WASHINGTON — A Tennessee bank owner must get prior Federal Reserve approval to pay dividends or increase debt.

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., has completed the sale of $115 million in senior notes and will use the proceeds to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Two Los Angeles community banks largely owned by the same investment group are planning to merge - the latest in a string of deals between California banks.

Bridge Bancorp Inc. in Bridgehampton, N.Y., said late Monday that it will raise up to $10 million by selling common stock.

Webster Financial Corp. in Waterbury, Conn., received court approval to settle longstanding litigation over a condominium project in Columbus, Ohio, that had previously resulted in an almost $19 million verdict.

First Northern Community Bancorp in Dixon, Calif., said Monday that it had exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program after repurchasing a stock warrant from the Treasury Department.