The selection of Tim Pawlenty as the Financial Services Roundtable's new CEO was a shock to those inside and outside Washington. We answer frequently asked questions about why he was chosen and what it means for the Roundtable — and the industry.

The advantages a public company has in buying open banks outweighed the relatively low pricing of its initial public offering, National Bank Holdings CEO Timothy Laney said on its first day of trading.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated written agreements with Capital Community Bancorp. in Provo, Utah, and Coconut Grove Bank in Miami.

Tim Pawlenty is hardly the first prominent politician to turn into a bank lobbyist. Indeed, there's a long line of them.

Oak Bank of Chicago plans to use the Premier core processing platform, as well as Fiserv products for mobile banking, branch capture and merchant source capture.

Industry observers have commended the Walla Walla, Wash., company for righting the ship after it was hammered by exposure to bad construction loans. But now investors are wondering how it will grow in a weak economy.

FirstBank Holding in Lakewood, Colo., will close 15 branches in its home state, reflecting an increase in its customers' reliance on electronic banking.

Ambassador, a broker-dealer and deal advisor, announced Thursday that it would acquire the operations of Capital Insight Partners. Jacob Eisen and Tad Gage, the co-founders of Capital Insight, are set to become managing directors of Ambassador.

Capital Bank Financial and National Bank Holdings priced their initial public offerings below the ranges they gave last week. Other banking companies have struggled in the IPO market this year.

First National Bank of the Gulf Coast believed it had all the cards in place to become a serial bank acquirer. But it hit a snag: the bank lacked a holding company to fully put its strengths to use.

Days after restating its 2011 results to show a larger loss, Broadway Financial (BYFC) in Los Angeles announced Wednesday that its first-quarter loss was lower than it first reported.

Oregon Pacific Bancorp in Florence has raised almost $2.4 million through a private placement of common stock to unnamed accredited and institutional investors.

Suffolk Bancorp is looking to grow after a large purge of nonperforming assets under CEO Howard Bluver.

What is good for the big banks is not necessarily good for the economy and the growth of jobs, writes the chairman of Signature Bank in New York.

Jackson Hewitt Technology Services is the latest tax preparer to end its partnership with Republic Bancorp, following the bank's decision to no longer offer refund-anticipation loans.

Community Bank of Central Wisconsin had to sell but couldn't find a single buyer — so it got creative and found two.

The Chicago-area company continues to make acquisitions in the Windy City, while other banks fret about a lack of targets. A key reason for CEO Edward Wehmer's success is his willingness to buy small banks, as opposed to swinging for the fences with one deal.

Add Fitch Ratings to the growing chorus of banking industry voices expressing concern about the expiration of a bailout-era deposit protection program and its potential impact on small banks.

A government program that lets small-business owners refinance commercial mortgages is set to expire next week, but supporters are hopeful that Congress will revisit it after the November elections.

A few years after a pair of high-profile failures pared their ranks and damaged their credibility, bankers' banks are seeking to overcome weak loan demand by becoming trusted advisors to small institutions.