Americas

New York Community Bancorp Inc. in Westbury, N.Y., on Wednesday reported that third-quarter earnings were virtually flat from a quarter earlier, at $119.8 million.

Stonegate Bank in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 73% from a year earlier, to $1.6 million, due to increased lending.

FNB United Corp.'s private-equity led buyout of a rival bank cleared another key hurdle after FNB's shareholders approved the acquisition of Bank of Granite Corp.

Popular Inc. in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday reported a decline in quarterly earnings due to fewer one-time gains and an increase it credit costs.

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. in Nashville, Tenn., reported a massive spike in third-quarter results due to the reversal of a deferred tax asset valuation.

Colony Bankcorp Inc. in Fitzgerald, Ga., eked out a third-quarter profit, though it also announced Wednesday that its president and chief executive had resigned.

Rockwall Bancshares Inc., a Texas-based start-up, has hired Eric Anderson as its chief executive officer.

Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe who founded the first-ever Native-American-owned bank and later was the lead plaintiff in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government, died Sunday of complications from cancer. She was 65.

Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky., reported on Tuesday that it earned $7.9 million in the third quarter, an 8% increase from the same quarter last year. Its diluted earning per share rose 9%, to 38 cents.

Earnings for Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix jumped 550% for the third quarter from a year ago to $13 million, due largely to strong loan growth and improved asset quality.