Sandra Thompson, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s supervision chief for the last seven years, is stepping down.

Community State Bank, of St. Charles, Mich., has agreed to open a loan office in Saginaw, Mich., to settle a Justice Department lawsuit alleging it discriminated against African-Americans.

The holding company for the $226 million-asset GulfShore Bank has so far pulled in $1.6 million from local investors in an offering that began on Dec. 31.

Regulatory changes to the 1099-B, 1099-K and 1042-S forms, intended to help reduce the $450 billion tax gap, will make it much more difficult to avoid penalties and tricky customer service issues.

The Consumer Bankers Association is warning banks that they will face challenges booking loans while also competing with nonbanks in areas such as prepaid cards.

Smaller institutions are following the lead of bigger banks, which is presenting buying opportunities for CEOs like Bristol County Savings Bank's Pat Murray.

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) in Kansas City, Mo., posted stronger quarterly results because of higher card fees and loan volume.

First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, N.Y., is recycling some of its real estate for the benefit of neighbors.

Mercantile Bank (MBWM) in Grand Rapids, Mich., posted another profitable quarter despite renewed efforts to purge bad assets.

An expansion to the south boosted profits at Washington Federal in Seattle in the fourth quarter.

The Basel III liquidity plan is the latest case of a global rule hostile to local realities.

These often-reclusive businesses manage the finances of America's affluent and occasionally compete with banks for clients and employees. These offices have interesting back stories.

The unexpected departure of the CEO of the nation's biggest Korean-American bank moves comes just days after rival Hanmi Financial announced plans to sell itself.

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Virginia Commerce and Hanmi Financial are mulling sales after turnarounds, decisions that surprise some but could make sense for the select group of banks with just the right balance of size, appeal and reason to sell.

The $627 million-asset bank said Monday that it had named Kay Whitaker as its chief financial officer. She will succeed Laurinda Swank, who is shifting to the newly created post of chief accounting officer, a company spokeswoman said.

Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) settled a shareholder lawsuit over more than $200 million in bad loans to Georgia luxury resort Sea Island Co. that the investors say were approved with a "golf course handshake" between executives of the two companies.

Rob McMillan, a wine industry expert at Silicon Valley Bank who moonlights in a rock band, dances to a different banking drummer.

With North Jersey Community the latest bank to change its name, we ask marketing experts to look at the pros and cons of rebranding.

Amy Friend, the former chief counsel of the Senate Banking Committee who previously worked at the OCC, will succeed Julie Williams as the agency's chief counsel.