Americas

NetSpend Holdings Inc., a marketer of prepaid debit cards, is working with banks to broaden its distribution network beyond retailers and check cashers.

NetSpend Holdings Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income grew 79% from a year earlier, to $6.3 million, as customers loaded more money onto its prepaid debit cards and spent more frequently.

Wilmington Trust Corp. said Thursday that a unit has entered into a supervisory agreement with regulators requiring it to boost capital and reduce bad loans.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va., has announced that it plans to open at least 10 PenFed Realty offices, boosting employment by up to 1,000 agents by yearend.

United Community Banks Inc. in Blairsville, Ga., said Thursday that its board has adopted a tax benefits preservation plan to protect the company from any unintended ownership change.

Crescent Financial Corp. in Raleigh, N.C., said late Wednesday that it is selling a majority stake to a bank holding company in return for a $75 million investment.

Iberiabank Corp.'s agreement to buy the much smaller Omni Bancshares in Metairie, La., would the Lafayette, La., bank's first deal in Louisiana in seven years and its first unassisted bank purchase since 2007.

Diebold Inc. announced Thursday that Union Square Federal Credit Union has chosen it for monitoring and other services.

Fiserv Inc. said Thursday that Georgia's Own Credit Union in Atlanta will use its Acumen account processing technology.

The $172 million-asset Pacific Valley Bank in Salinas said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the California Department of Financial Institutions ended the order in mid-January.