Liberty Bell Bank in Marlton, N.J., said it has been victimized by a check-kiting incident, which widened its loss in the second quarter.

Lending margins on commercial and industrial loans are thin and getting thinner. To keep them profitable, community bankers must make sure to maximize other opportunities with customers and minimize costs.

The website for Panhandle Educators FCU was breached and defaced by a hacker Sunday morning.

Coastal Bank in Savannah, Ga., has been freed from a regulatory order.

Solera National Bancorp in Lakewood, Colo., is looking for a new president and chief executive.

CenterState will pay $77 million in cash and stock for Gulfstream, which focuses on small businesses and medical practices.

Quarterly profit at Heartland Financial (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, slipped by 31% from a year earlier as costs rose and gains from loan sales fell.

John Salop of BB&T (BBT) succeeds Fred Rubin, the $875 million-asset Access announced Monday.

Synovus Financial, which endured a drubbing from the economy while overcoming massive challenges, has a large to-do list if it wants to regain relevance.

Union Bank in San Francisco has teamed up with a pair of children's authors to publish a rhyming book that teaches the importance of saving.

A sharp increase in long-term interest rates caused a slowdown in loan demand in June that overshadowed a much-needed inflection point with pricing.

MainSource Financial Group (MSFG) in Greensburg, Ind., has been cleared to redeem the last of the preferred stock it had issued through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Pacific Commerce Bank in Los Angeles has satisfied enforcement orders imposed by state regulators, but it still has more work to do.

Trustmark in Jackson, Miss., has bought two branches from SOUTHBank in Huntsville, Ala.

Social media proves more effective than phone calls or branch visits to spur buying of financial services products, a Gallup survey says. Some bankers remain skeptical.

Banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets ranked by three-year average return on equity. Our chart offers an in-depth look at the performance of mid-tiers nationwide, including key metrics like net income, efficiency ratio and tangible equity.

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.