Two years after the federal government became a direct lender to students, the time might be right for small banks to start making private student loans. Still, there are plenty of potential legislative and regulatory headwinds.

First Savings Bank Northwest in Renton, Wash., has been released from a formal enforcement order with its regulators after substantially reducing its problem loans and demonstrating that it can earn money on a consistent basis.

Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) will record a deposit-related charge during the first quarter due to not paying enough interest on some certificates of deposit renewals.

The Nasdaq stock exchange has warned Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (ESFC) in St. Louis that its stock is in danger of being delisted because the company has yet to file its 2011 annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

How Philip Seymour Hoffman got tied to ads for People's United Bank.

A dormant financing tool popular with small holding companies to infuse subsidiaries with cash is back and stricter than ever.

Sitting atop a small sliver of the Marcellus Shale, the plainly named Community Bank in southwest Pennsylvania has become a key liaison between local residents and drillers of the world's second-largest gas field.

Should bank directors and officers have to give up their insurance coverage for civil money penalties?

Efficiency ratios have been worsening for two years, with a slump in noninterest income driving much of the deterioration.

Heading into 2011, there were multiple signs that it would be an active year for bank mergers and acquisitions. But as we know, industry M&A fell well short of expectations.

Regulators closed Fidelity Bank in Dearborn, Mich., at a cost of about $93 million to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Shares of Yadkin Valley Financial (YAVY) jumped nearly 10% Friday after an analyst identified the company as a possible "takeover target."

To borrow from Mr. Becker's disingenuous BankThink piece ("More Credit Union Business Lending Would Boost Economy"), it's time for our nation's leaders to get serious about credit unions.

New York Community would be paid $24 million to assume $2.3 billion of deposits from Aurora Bank, a former Lehman unit. The liquidity could be used to retire bonds coming due, Joseph Ficalora says.

Legislators are considering a proposed tax overhaul that would move $30 million of taxes from community banks to larger banks. With smaller bills, community banks say they can lend more.

Porter Bancorp's loss for last year widened after the Louisville, Ky., company increased its loan-loss provision by $8.8 million.

First Mariner Bancorp has warned investors that it is in danger of failing.

BancTrust Financial Group (BTFG), a troubled Mobile, Ala., company that is looking for a buyer, has bought itself time to find one after reaching a deal to delay interest payments on a $20 million loan outstanding to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYB) has agreed to take on $2.3 billion of deposits from Aurora Bank FSB, a former mortgage arm of Lehman Brothers that has been winding down.

Three weeks after completing an acquisition for one small Pennsylvania bank, S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., has struck a deal for another.