FNB United Corp. in Asheboro, N.C., said Thursday that it had entered into subscription agreements to raise $75 million in capital.

1st MidAmerica Credit Union has agreed to acquire Alton Area Employees Federal Credit Union in Illinois.

Community bankers are starting to recoup some of the chargeoffs plaguing their balance sheets in recent years, with most recoveries tied to loans backed by commercial properties.

Hanmi Financial Corp. and Woori Finance Holdings Co. have called off a long-delayed deal where Woori would have invested $210 million in Hanmi.

The $340.6 million-asset company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that Aubrey Hall 3rd will succeed the retiring Robert Gilliam Jr. on July 1. Hall is the company's chief operating officer.

Sen. Olympia Snowe called on the Small Business Administration to finalize a plan to fix processing errors that led to millions of dollars in overpayments on loan guarantees in 2007.

The $9.7 billion-asset F.N.B. said late Wednesday that it would pay $130 million for Parkvale in an all-stock deal priced at 1.95 times the seller's tangible book value.

STCU Credit Union in Springfield, Mass., said Wednesday that it has hired banking veteran Michael Ostrowski as its president and chief executive.

Centrue Financial Corp. in St. Louis, Mo., said late Tuesday that it is delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market.

The $630.9 million-asset bank said Wednesday that Frank Baier, a partner at Columbia Financial Partners, will become its chief financial officer, pending regulatory approval.

The $294.1 million-asset bank said Wednesday that James Jones, an executive vice president at the private-equity firm Carpenter & Co., is now leading its board.

Visa and MasterCard have developed services for merchants to determine which cards cost more to accept — rekindling the debate over whether small banks will suffer under the Durbin amendment.

In a particularly anemic year so far for bank mergers and acquisitions, the third-largest city in the country has been noticeably absent from the short list.

The dilemma for community bank directors is to choose between minimizing their personal liability and the useful function that board reviews of individual loans can serve.

Michigan First Credit Union said its use of intelligent-deposit ATMs from Wincor Nixdorf AG has helped it deal with a ballooning membership.

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Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Ky., plans to continue making tax refund loans despite pressure from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the company's chief executive said last week.

The Federal Reserve has reached a written agreement with Northwest Bancorporation of Illinois Inc. in Palatine.

Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. in Flint, Mich., is planning a reverse stock split that may help it avoid a delisting.

Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., is looking to sell 10 branches and its mortgage and insurance businesses.