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Shares in Green Bancorp jumped nearly 14% following the Houston company’s initial public offering.

Regulators have released MetaBank in Storm Lake, Iowa, from a consent order tied to a payday-like loan program it once offered.

Executives at Allegiance Bancshares have long been vocal about their desire to take the Houston company public. The company recently agreed to buy Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, giving it one more opportunity to boost its profile before taking the plunge.

Mutual of Omaha Bank has agreed to sell five branches to CIC Bancshares in Denver.

Northern Trust in Chicago has appointed Peter Jordan as head of global fund services for the bank's Asia-Pacific region.

OGDEN, Utah — The thief who allegedly robbed ISU Credit Union at gunpoint last week used a fake bomb to rob a bank Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Although a new Federal Reserve Board study shows that many Americans have recovered from the "Great Recession," a significant number of consumers are still struggling.

NEW YORK — Since his initial look at the risk-based capital proposal at the start of the year, Montauk Credit Union chief executive Louis Jimenez is breathing easier — but only a little.

SAINT JOSEPH, Mich. — Four years after launching its business lending program here, United Federal Credit Union has realized an asset under management per underwriter increase of more than 100%.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn the names of two Indiana credit unions from a blog post that called out banks and CUs for a lack of transparency about their relationships with universities.