The mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial (OCN) more than doubled its profit in the first quarter following a string of acquisitions that has substantially boosted its market share.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has accused 18 former officers and directors of the parent company of Midwest Bank with reckless practices that led to the Chicago-area bank's failure during the financial crisis.

MidSouth Bank of Tennessee recently deployed software to speed up the process for documenting and calculating the allowance for loan and lease losses.

American Banker Magazine Editor in Chief Heather Landy responds to the charges and examines the possible evidence of her own unconscious bias.

Small banks are pushing to be exempted from what they call an unneeded and overly burdensome data-collection effort to spot how consumers may be abused by checking account overdraft fees and other charges.

A pair of longtime foes, community banks and credit unions, oppose CFPB rules and — gasp — are even willing to team up in lobbying for exemptions.

Sterling Financial in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to buy Commerce National Bank in Newport Beach, Calif.

Ameris Bancorp in Moultrie, Ga., has agreed to buy Prosperity Banking Co. in St. Augustine, Fla.

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The investors would inject $50 million into the struggling lender, the bank said Monday. U.S. Century would also sell its nonperforming loans, which totaled $95 million at March 31, to "unrelated third parties" for an undisclosed price.

The Kansas City company, which started with opening-day deposits of $1,100 in 1913, now has $15.7 billion in assets and a fresh formula that is allowing it to prosper with a conservative approach to credit.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy four branches from Zions Bancorp.'s (ZION) California subsidiary.

We must help carry forward the traditions of relationship banking while stressing the importance of technology adaptation and modern leadership.

IBC Bank in Texas, is bringing an environmentally friendly addition to the Austin skyline.

First Busey Bancorp (BUSE) in Champaign, Ill., reported a dip in quarterly profit as lending revenue fell and expenses rose.

Community Trust Bancorp in Pikeville, Ky., has a promoted a veteran banker to chief financial officer.

BOK Financial Corp. in Tulsa, Okla., reported a higher first-quarter profit due to loan recoveries and higher fee income.

When we create cultures in which higher-ranking managers become insulated from ever facing a "yes" or "no" from a customer, our leaders lose a little perspective.

Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) in Paramus, N.J., reported a 34% decline in quarterly profit as it waits for regulators to approve its sale to M&T Bank (MTB).

Median bank chief executive pay raises slowed from the year before but look healthy compared with stagnant revenues and languishing stock prices.