Waccamaw Bankshares scored a minor victory tied to a 2010 capital infusion, though its president said the result only buys time to explore "strategic alternatives."

Town and Country Financial Corp. in Springfield. Ill., is combining its two bank subsidiaries that it has operated as separate entities for nearly three decades.

Why community banking is crucial to the nation's long-term growth.

A judge has approved Bank of Hawaii's deal to pay $9 million to settle a class action involving overdraft fees.

Raymond James Financial Inc.'s offering of 10.5 million shares, including 1 million shares offered by selling stockholders, priced at a 2% discount to its Tuesday closing price.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday they are extending the deadline for borrowers to request an independent foreclosure review under the consent orders signed by 14 mortgage servicers last April.

Another day, another acquisition for deal-happy Wintrust Financial Corp.

Newly-named chief credit officer Dennis Dysart has filled most major posts at First National in Strasburg, Va., including five months as its interim CEO.

The San Antonio, Texas bank blasted excessive federal regulation in announcing it will replace its federal charter with a state one.

Carver Bancorp Inc. in New York reported a loss of $700,000 for its fiscal third quarter, as the recapitalized company took steps to mark down its problems assets.

The insurance unit of Encore Bancshares Inc. of Houston has acquired Whittington Insurance Agency in League City, Texas.

A unit of SI Financial Group Inc. in Willimantic, Conn., is selling its trust operations outsourcing business to an Atlanta wealth management company.

The $77.6 million HomeStreet Inc. expects to raise in its initial public offering would go a long way toward improving its capital levels but not far enough to satisfy a regulatory order.

The Federal Reserve has reached a written agreement with Commerce Bancshares Inc. in Franklin, Tenn.

Investors would be interested in buying Emigrant's 32 New York branches if the price is right and a deal can be done soon, Investors CEO Cummings says, according to a report.

Buoyed by lower expenses and increased fee income, Meta Financial Group Inc. of Storm Lake, Iowa, said that it earned $3.1 million for its fiscal year first quarter.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have allowed government-backed Farm Credit System lenders to make more home loans.

Banks seem eager to move unwanted assets off the books. Though single-family homes garner most of the headlines, banks are also attempting to sell other types of collateral at bargain-rate prices. In some ways, it looks like a yard sale. Here are a few examples of the assets that banks are peddling online.

Memorial services were held in Charlotte Monday for Thomas Storrs, the former chairman and chief executive of North Carolina National Bank who laid the groundwork for today's Bank of America Corp.

Three months after Forrest Shook resigned as Fentura Financial's chairman, the company said in a regulatory filing that another key executive, CFO Douglas Kelley, is leaving its ranks.