Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has appointed a Humana Inc. executive to its board.

Toronto-Dominion Bank and TCF Financial Corp. said Thursday they had completed separate acquisition deals — TD for almost all of MBNA Canada's credit card portfolio, TCF for auto lender Gateway One.

Sheshunoff & Co. has devised a three-part quiz to determine if a troubled bank offers a good bargain or is too risky to purchase.

A recent American Banker online survey asked what to do about unprofitable customers. Most responders said that bankers must be more "creative" and find profitable ways to keep these customers.

Analysts debate the benefits of getting into wealth management and insurance vs. sticking to traditional lending.

The names of 18 former CapitalBank branches in South Carolina have been changed to Park Sterling Bank.

Union First Market Bankshares Corp. in Richmond, Va., said Thursday that it will redeem preferred stock issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Jimmy Didden of National Capitol doesn't believe that intense regulation of the big banks will make the system or the economy any stronger.

North Jersey Community began having networking breakfasts for female business owners in the area and converted some to clients who turned out to be strong advocates for the bank.

A 'silent migration' in bank supervision has some institutions switching from federal to state charters.

Banks launched later in the decade, whose ramps to profitability lagged their predecessors’, provide a cautionary tale about headwinds that can emerge in an unstable economy, and the dangers of piling into a strategy based on brokered deposits and real estate lending.

The roughly 800 banks opened since 2002 have failed at about twice the industrywide pace. But some, including a few that have been repurposed as rollup vehicles, have prospered. The tables here rank the best and worst performers among the de novos of the past decade.

The Treasury said Thursday it expects to gain net proceeds of $3.4 million after pricing warrants to purchase shares in Associated Banc-Corp., one of the financial institutions it rescued during the financial crisis.

Three banking industry veterans are launching a hedge fund that will invest in small and mid-sized banks that are ripe for consolidation.

Trustmark said late Wednesday that it will pay $22 million for the $247 million-asset Bay Bank, representing about 85% of the seller's tangible book value at Sept. 30.

First BanCorp in Puerto Rico said Wednesday that it had raised about $3.3 million from a rights offering.

A proposal to allow more small banks to avoid SEC registration will be highlighted by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday — a sign that the issue has become a priority on Capitol Hill.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of Volunteer Corporate CU approved the combination with West Virginia Corporate FCU to create a $1.5 billion corporate, one of six pending corporate marriages.

There are signs that community bankers and regulators are trying to thaw relations. But uncertainly over the Dodd-Frank Act and longstanding distrust remain impediments to tangible progress, observers say.

Weak community banks will have to give in and start selling in greater numbers next year, two executives of acquisitive banks predict.