Americas

Great Falls Teachers Federal Credit Union in Montana on Monday said it is offering a new payday loan that offers up to $500 regardless of credit history.

First Michigan Bancorp has changed the name of its bank to reflect its growing geography across the Midwest. The company on Monday said it had renamed the unit Talmer Bank and Trust.

First-quarter earnings at SVB Financial Group in Santa Clara, Calif., nearly doubled from a year earlier, to $33 million, largely because of a release of loan-loss reserves.

Alliance Data Systems Corp. is expanding its Epsilon marketing business through a $345 million acquisition after the unit suffered a large data breach last month.

Unsuccessful in its efforts to raise fresh capital and already operating under multiple enforcement orders, embattled Mercantile Bancorp could be on the verge of failure.

After making two major acquisitions in as many months, Community Bancorp LLC says it's in no hurry to spend the rest of its war chest.

For the first time in three years, the three banks of Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix all turned a profit in the first quarter.

To close on a $36.4 million injection from Priam Capital Fund I LP, 1st Mariner Bancorp must raise another $123.6 million — and part ways with Edwin Hale Sr., the company's founder, chairman and chief executive.

National Penn Bancshares Inc. in Boyertown, Pa., reported a big increase in profits on Thursday, which it attributed largely to improved credit.

Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., on Thursday reported a first-quarter profit after recording its lowest loan-loss provision since mid-2007.