Sterling Bancorp in New York reported Tuesday that first-quarter earnings rose 71% from a year earlier, to $3.3 million. The $2.39 billion-asset company's loan-loss provision was halved from the first quarter of 2010, to $3 million.

BancorpSouth Inc. in Tupelo, Miss., reported a first-quarter loss because of higher credit costs and a decline in mortgage-related revenue.

Vensure Federal Credit Union in Mesa, Ariz., taken under conservatorship by the National Credit Union Administration two weeks ago, claimed that the NCUA knew all along that it was processing online bets for the two biggest poker websites.

"Capital at the bank has been extremely consistent quarter after quarter," Levan notes. But now with the parent company's equity position negative, time is running out on BankAtlantic.

UMB Financial Corp. in Kansas City, Mo. reported earnings of $30.9 million in the first quarter, up 17.9% from a year ago, as noninterest income soared following the acquisition of two advisory firms last year.

Fueled by strong loan growth and record deposit growth, Signature Bank in New York is coming off its most-profitable quarter in its 10-year history.

Where is the threat to the survival of independent community banks — other than increased opportunity to sell out at higher prices, which will continue to make many disappear?

Shares of Wilshire Bancorp plunged early Tuesday after the Los Angeles company announced that it lost $52.1 million, or $1.77 per share, in the first quarter.

Building on its strong second half of 2010, PrivateBancorp in Chicago started 2011 with its third straight profitable quarter.

Shares of Wilshire Bancorp plunged early Tuesday after the Los Angeles company announced that it lost $52.1 million, or $1.77 per share, in the first quarter.

BankAtlantic, which holds $4.2 billion in assets, reported an $8.7 million equity deficit as of the end of the first quarter.

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Great Falls Teachers Federal Credit Union in Montana on Monday said it is offering a new payday loan that offers up to $500 regardless of credit history.

First Michigan Bancorp has changed the name of its bank to reflect its growing geography across the Midwest. The company on Monday said it had renamed the unit Talmer Bank and Trust.

First-quarter earnings at SVB Financial Group in Santa Clara, Calif., nearly doubled from a year earlier, to $33 million, largely because of a release of loan-loss reserves.

Unsuccessful in its efforts to raise fresh capital and already operating under multiple enforcement orders, embattled Mercantile Bancorp could be on the verge of failure.

After making two major acquisitions in as many months, Community Bancorp LLC says it's in no hurry to spend the rest of its war chest.

For the first time in three years, the three banks of Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix all turned a profit in the first quarter.

To close on a $36.4 million injection from Priam Capital Fund I LP, 1st Mariner Bancorp must raise another $123.6 million — and part ways with Edwin Hale Sr., the company's founder, chairman and chief executive.

National Penn Bancshares Inc. in Boyertown, Pa., reported a big increase in profits on Thursday, which it attributed largely to improved credit.