Capital

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is seeking to raise as much as $133.5 million through two avenues: a newly announced preferred stock offering and previously announced secondary sales of common stock.

Huntingdon Valley Bank in Pennsylvania has revived its plan for a mutual conversion.

Severn Bancorp in Annapolis, Md., has redeemed the last shares tied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Colony Bankcorp in Fitzgerald, Ga., has redeemed $3.6 million in perpetual preferred stock associated with the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., has formed a renewable energy lending division.

CapStar Financial Holdings in Nashville, Tenn., whose board includes a top Credit Suisse executive, has filed plans to raise up to $46 million in an initial public offering.

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. in New York has raised $34.4 million through a stock offering.

The holding company for Tennessee's FirstBank plans to hold an initial public offering, in order to make more than $65 million in distributions and debt repayments to its chairman.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., disclosed the identities of directors nominated to its board by two investor groups.

The first commercial mortgage-backed security to comply with "skin in the game" requirements was extremely well received. Market participants credit the way the large banks sponsoring the deal retained the risk – a strategy unavailable to nonbank lenders.

The $185 million-asset bank said in a press release Tuesday that it is offering 800,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $7.50 each.

The $58 million-asset company said in a press release Monday that Stephen Taylor, chairman and chief executive of Taylor Asset Management in Chicago, is leading a $6 million investment in its Neighborhood National Bank, effectively doubling its capital.

Alamogordo Financial in New Mexico has kicked into gear its plans to convert from a mutual to a fully shareholder-owned company.

Meta Financial Group in Sioux Falls, S.D., has expansion in mind, citing M&A and other growth-related pursuits as the reasons behind a $75 million debt issuance.

Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has issued $35 million in subordinated debt to help pay for an acquisition and for growth moves down the road.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., has offered to repurchase up to $750 million of its outstanding senior debt.

First Financial Northwest in Renton, Wash., said Wednesday that it has repurchased about 10% of its stock under a tender offer.

The $4.3 billion-asset holding company said in a press release Monday that the fixed- to floating-rate subordinated notes are due in 2026.

Pacific City Financial in Los Angeles has raised $15.3 million in a secondary stock offering.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., has raised $74 million by selling common stock and a new series of preferred stock.