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Centrue Financial Corp. in St. Louis, Mo., said late Tuesday that it is delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market.

The $630.9 million-asset bank said Wednesday that Frank Baier, a partner at Columbia Financial Partners, will become its chief financial officer, pending regulatory approval.

The $294.1 million-asset bank said Wednesday that James Jones, an executive vice president at the private-equity firm Carpenter & Co., is now leading its board.

USAA Federal Savings Bank plans to unveil an overhauled website this month that can provide the kinds of conversations online that typically only happen face-to-face in branches.

In a particularly anemic year so far for bank mergers and acquisitions, the third-largest city in the country has been noticeably absent from the short list.

Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky., plans to continue making tax refund loans despite pressure from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the company's chief executive said last week.

The Federal Reserve has reached a written agreement with Northwest Bancorporation of Illinois Inc. in Palatine.

Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. in Flint, Mich., is planning a reverse stock split that may help it avoid a delisting.

Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., is looking to sell 10 branches and its mortgage and insurance businesses.

Loan production offices lost popularity among community bankers during the financial crisis. A need for growth, amid intense competition, could bring them back in force.