Retail & Commercial

HomeStreet in Seattle plans to buy two small Washington lenders for a total of $37.3 million.

Hudson Valley Holding (HVB) in Yonkers, N.Y., has hired a former chief credit officer at Merrill Lynch Bank USA.

First BanCorp (FBP) in San Juan, P,R., reported a large quarterly loss as it purged its nonperforming assets.

Tri-County Financial Corp. in Waldorf, Md., will change its name to Community Financial Corp.

Rival bankers who operate in Chicago have been giving their takes — some sarcastic, others serious, yet others cautious — about the competitive effect of MB Financial's deal to buy Taylor Capital.

Expense control is getting extra attention at several smaller banks this earnings season, though the reasons for the scrutiny vary depending on the institution.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Former small business owner George Noga shares Fiserv's research and philosophy about how community banks can better serve and profit from small business customers.

Davis and Henderson's planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Harland Financial Solutions marks the Canadian technology developer's biggest push into the U.S. market and its first foray into payments processing.

Synovus Financial (SNV) in Columbus, Ga., has redeemed its Troubled Asset Relief Program shares after raising cash in two stock offerings.