Data released Wednesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration shows that banks are willing to finance small businesses — as long as the loans are backed by a government guarantee.

With M&A and the economy at a standstill, bank executives will have a hard time explaining how they can grow when they report third-quarter results.

Bryan McDonald will become president and chief executive of Whidbey Island Bank in Coupeville, Wash., on Jan. 1.

Huntington Bancshares Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, and Security California Bancorp of Riverside, Calif., will add offices in the coming months.

Bank executive makes good on promise to repel off building for a charitable cause.

Patriot Financial has money to invest, but before community bank executives pick up the phone to request a meeting they should know what the private-equity firm wants and doesn't want.

A 15% annual rate of growth in commercial lending at big banks helped absorb surging deposits, according to preliminary data. But loan growth was weak at small banks, leaving bulges in holdings of cash and securities alone.

According to new market share data released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Tuesday, banks and thrifts with $10 billion or more of assets controlled 72% of the nation's bank deposits at June 30, up from 70% at the same time last year and 68.5% in 2008.

Select Bank & Trust Co. in Greenville, N.C., said Tuesday it will acquire Gibsonville Community Bank from Bank of Atlanta.

Word that a banking pool had returned its money to investors prompted our assistant managing editor to take a second look at the state of banking. The answers are discomforting.

All of the bank-bashing I've witnessed in recent months has me reflecting on one of my favorite Buffett lines. I'm talking about Jimmy, not Warren.

Texas Exchange Bank in Crowley, Texas, said Tuesday that it had expanded into two cities to meet an increasing demand for commercial loans.

Tennessee Valley Financial Holdings Inc. in Oak Ridge agreed to serve as a source of strength to its $173.3 million-asset TNBank, which has been operating under a consent order with it regulators since April 21.

Many bankers believe issues with classified loans are limiting them from making loans or pursuing acquisitions.

Opus Bank said Tuesday that it had moved its headquarters 40 miles southwest to Irvine, Calif., from Redondo Beach.

Codorus Valley Bancorp Inc. in York, Pa., disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it expects to report a profit for the third quarter despite issues with a large commercial loan.

First Financial Holdings Inc. in Charleston, S.C., said Monday that it has completed its sale of its managing general insurance agency subsidiary to Burns & Wilcox Ltd. of Farmington Hills, Mich.

The ailing Central Progressive Bank in Lacombe, La., may have found its savior on the other side of Lake Pontchartrain.

Technology Credit Union has applied to NCUA to convert to a mutual savings bank, which, at $1.5 billion, would be the biggest credit union conversion to bank yet.

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