The $6.2 billion-asset First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) will close 10 branches to cut costs, according to a report.

The Treasury Department will receive $62 million from its latest auction of stakes it owns in banks through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

A dedicated line to Ray Davis' Portland, Ore., office is just another retail touch that helps the bank distinguish itself from competitors.

Trust isn't a message; it's a series of actions that demonstrate character. For the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, the banking industry established public goodwill through voluntary and proactive decisions.

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Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), a mutual holding company in Avenel, N.J., is taking the final step in its conversion to a fully public company.

As it dissolves in the wake of anti-money laundering violations, First Bank of Delaware Owes $15 million to Uncle Sam.

A unit of Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has completed its acquisition of First Shares in Platteville, Wis., for $10.9 million.

Joe Slavens, the CEO of Northwest Bank & Trust in Iowa, has diversified to cope with weakening loan demand in the Quad Cities. He's got plans for dealing with higher taxes and other community bank challenges.

Sales of previously owned homes rose in October while the supply of homes for sale sank to its lowest in nearly a decade.

If you have a successful model that you believe in, it doesn't matter what the establishment says.

The event, hosted by the Federalist Society, was largely designed to focus on the CFPB. But former BB&T CEO John Allison used his time to openly argue for ending, or limiting, the Fed.

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WASHINGTON — State regulators in Georgia closed the $125 million-asset Hometown Community Bank in Braselton late Friday, stretching the industry's failure toll this year to 50.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it will delay the effective date of new disclosures about escrow accounts and other items as the agency crafts a broader overhaul of mortgage forms.

The Lansing, Mich., company has a confirmation hearing on Dec. 4. A delay could prove costly to Capitol's survival; the state regulator has threatened to seize the company's bank in New Mexico on Dec. 20.

Mendon Capital Advisors increased its holdings in several community banks in the third quarter, while reducing its exposure to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and other large and midsize banks.

Southwest Bancorp in Stillwater, Okla., has recruited veteran executive from BancFirst Corp. in Oklahoma City to be its new chief financial officer.

The $1.1 billion-asset parent company of First Federal Savings Bank said late Thursday that First Security Bank of Owensboro has terminated a deal to buy four First Federal branches in Louisville.

If regulators continue to sting banks with overzealous enforcement actions and ill-conceived policies, they, like the scorpion in Aesop's fable, could find themselves up the creek without a frog or paddle.