Americas

Anchor Bancorp's losses widened in the third quarter, though the Lacey, Wash.-based company shrunk its nonperforming assets.

Metro Bancorp Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa., posted a third-quarter loss of $5.7 million due to increases in the loan loss provision and chargeoffs.

Arizona regulators this week seized control of the troubled mortgage insurance division of PMI Group, Walnut Creek, Calif., according to a notice posted on the company's website.

Two community banks in Georgia, and one in Florida, were closed late Friday at a cost of more than $130 million to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Under an order from regulators to raise fresh capital, Central Federal Corp. in Fairlawn, Ohio, said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that its shareholders have approved a plan to more than quadruple its number of outstanding shares.

SVB Financial Group's stock was up sharply Friday after the company reported third-quarter earnings that handily beat analysts' estimates.

MB Financial Inc. in Chicago managed to produce a third-quarter profit after its credit costs fell dramatically, though shrinking revenue disappointed analysts.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston reported on Friday third-quarter income of $36.4 million, up about 13% from the same period a year earlier, due to strong loan growth and a decline in problem assets.

Jack Barnes, the president and chief executive at People's United Bank in Bridgeport, Conn., said Thursday that $28 billion-asset has submitted an application to the OCC to switch from a federally chartered thrift to a national bank as part of a broader plan to bulk up in commercial lending.

Glacier Bancorp Inc. in Kalispell, Mont., said late Thursday that it intends to take a goodwill impairment charge of between $30 million and $35 million in the third quarter to reflect the recent decline in its market value.