After absorbing the OTS, the OCC abandoned a comprehensive and sophisticated approach to monitoring interest rate risk.

State Bank Financial in Atlanta has named one of its founding shareholders and current board member as its vice chairman and president.

An increase in commercial lending boosted quarterly earnings at Provident New York Bancorp in Montebello, N.Y.

Flat lending and weaker margins hurt Pinnacle Bankshares in Altavista, Va., in the third quarter. Earnings fell 34%, to $399 million, from a year earlier.

A tax expense dragged down Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF) in Shippensburg, Pa., in the third quarter.

The Treasury Department has appointed C. Wayne Crowell to the board of Intervest Bancshares (IBCA) in New York.

With the failed-bank market drying up, Midwestern consolidator Talmer enters a stalking-horse bid for a small Ohio bank burdened by debts to the U.S. government and trust-preferred holders.

Old Line Bancshares (OLBK) in Bowie, Md., reported higher third-quarter earnings as loan growth and reduced expenses fueled revenue.

First Banks, a $6.5 billion-asset company, posted third-quarter earnings of $8.5 million, compared with a net loss of $2.1 million a year earlier.

Two shopping experiences and a well-timed commercial from Isis indicate tapping a payment-capable phone against a reader may, in fact, be so much easier than swiping a plastic card … so long as merchants have complete buy-in.

Top regulators at the Fed, SEC, OCC, FDIC, CFPB and NCUA are warning that a Senate bill pending in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would undermine agency rulemaking authority.

Bankers in the Northeast must remain flexible and ready to roll up their sleeves in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. That was the sweeping message from bankers from areas along the Gulf Coast and Florida who have been through a fair share of catastrophic storms.

Authorities have charged real estate developer Michael Pouls, whose mansion was featured on the TV show "Teen Cribs," with defrauding National Penn and the former Wilmington Trust.

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and others in the path of Hurricane Sandy continued Monday to calibrate their responses to the storm.

Learning to tap into the more creative right hemisphere of my brain enabled me to think in a unique manner about both the problems and opportunities facing my bank.

Because its customers have already gravitated toward remote check capture and online wire transfers, business is carrying on fairly normally at The Westchester Bank as Hurricane Sandy approaches.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., posted higher third-quarter income from a year earlier as it cut noninterest expenses.

Agencies based in Washington were mostly closed in anticipation of the storm, but officials said where possible support for banks and examiners would be made available.

CFS Bancorp (CITZ) in Munster, Ind., reported that its third-quarter income climbed from a year ago as it cut noninterest expenses and lowered its nonperforming assets.

Earnings rose 40%, to $21.3 million, from a year earlier, HomeStreet Bank said Monday.