Fueled by solid loan growth and sharply lower funding costs, CNB Financial Corp. in Clearfield, Pa., said Thursday that net income in the fourth quarter climbed 32% from the same period in 2010, to $3.9 million.

Analysts and former regulators debate whether last year's decline in new regulatory orders means things are improving for the banking industry, or if regulators are simply running out of sick banks to flag.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Chairman Alan Levan says his company would likely be "out of business" within two years if certain investors succeed in blocking the sale of BankAtlantic's thrift to BB&T Corp.

The Small Business Lending Fund is projected to generate an $80 million profit, rather than the $1.3 billion cost initially estimated, according to a Treasury Department report.

Want to jump to another bank that will pay you more? It's easier than you think for employers to prevent that, a business professor explains.

Porter Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky. reported a bigger than expected loss for the fourth quarter and warned investors that the ultimate loss for the quarter could be even larger.

Provident Financial Holdings Inc. in Riverside, Calif., has hired 40 people from MetLife Inc. to run three new retail mortgage loan production offices in Northern California.

The FDIC has fined Stuart Voigt, a former Vikings player, and wants to ban him from banking after accusing him of improper dealings as chairman of a Minnesota bank.

Bank marketing can be a bit, er, plain, but the Denver bank uses that reality to its advantage in an ad set to air Sunday in Colorado during the Super Bowl.

Despite reporting vastly improved credit quality, Independent Bank Corp. in Ionia, Mich., said Thursday that its losses in the fourth quarter doubled from the same period in 2010, to $9.8 million.

In what would be its first bank acquisition in seven years, Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., announced Thursday that it is buying the private-equity backed Saddle River Valley Bank in an all-cash deal.

Oft-shunned in the M&A world, unlisted shares can lead to a bigger payoff for sellers and offer other advantages, explains investment banker Curtis Carpenter.

A new study analyzing data from 15 years of state bank examinations has sparked a debate whether state regulators are not as tough as their federal counterparts.

Community West Bank in Goleta, Calif., is under orders from its regulator to beef up its capital levels and improve oversight of its loan portfolio.

So who exactly made the move on Bank Transfer Day? Was it young, angry hipsters?

For the first time in 20 years, Broadway Financial Corp. in Los Angeles has a new chief executive officer.

Several banks recaptured deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter, regaining an asset they had to remove from balance sheets as quarterly losses piled up during the financial crisis. Banks that are reclaiming these assets have been able to boost capital levels.

Losses at Florida Community Bank narrowed in the fourth quarter after the Miami bank trimmed overhead by cutting 10% of its workforce.

Core banking provider Jack Henry's electronic payments unit is moving like a juggernaut. Its clients are also seeing little effect of the Durbin amendment, which had the potential to curb debit-card use.

The fact of the matter is that banks can manipulate earnings, and consequently capital, through decisions about loss provisioning.