Capitol Bancorp said its annual report that it was notified on March 30 that it would receive a subpoena from the SEC's Chicago office concerning its third-quarter reporting.

The Justice Department said Friday that it will not challenge Hancock Holding's deal to acquire Whitney Holding of New Orleans as long as the companies sell eight branches.

Sal Marranca's experience as a bank examiner and a community banker prepared him for the task ahead: Serving as a bridge between the two sides at a time of growing animosity.

The $7.4 billion-asset company said its board has also approved a plan to sell about $293 million in substandard and nonperforming loans and $142 million in foreclosed properties.

A seemingly solid lending relationship can get dangerously big. Chris Myers, president and chief executive of CVB Financial Corp., learned this lesson the hard way.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. is giving the end users of its online banking software extensive control over how their banks' services appear online.

Home Bancorp Inc. in Lafayette, La., has agreed to buy GS Financial Corp. of Matairie, La.

Park Sterling Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Community Capital Corp. of Greenwood, S.C.

The 2,300-page bill will heap at least 10,000 pages of new regulations on community banks while doing almost nothing to solve the problems that brought us to financial panic in 2008.

MB Acquisition Bancorp agreed to buy $20 million to $30 million of newly issued common stock to help the $201.2 million-asset bank meet the minimum capital ratio requirements in its regulatory orders.

The $4.5 billion-asset Chicago company said Tuesday that it raised $25 million in a private placement with investors such as Harrison Steans, a former chairman of LaSalle National Bank; Jennifer Steans, the chairman of USAmeribancorp Inc. in Largo, Fla.; and Bruce Taylor, chairman of Taylor Capital. Investors also included other members of the Steans family and Prairie Capital.

First Defiance Financial Corp. in Defiance, Ohio, has $19.6 million of fresh equity. The $2.04 billion-asset company said Tuesday that it sold 1.6 million shares, including 208,800 shares for over-allotments, at $13.25 a share.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., said Wednesday that it promoted an insider to become its chief financial officer.

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. in Lee's Summit, Mo., reported a loss of $5.5 million for 2010 after posting a profit a year earlier.

The Federal Reserve has ordered First American International Corp. to serve as a source of strength to its Brooklyn, N.Y., bank.

Regulators and small bank advocates seem to be losing the psychological battle over the Dodd-Frank Act, despite recent efforts to calm bankers.

American Airlines Federal Credit Union announced on Wednesday a remote deposit capture service.

Given the array and complexity of financial products, it's no wonder that consumers have a hard time managing their money. More choices and features are good, but only to a point.

Among the nation's banking giants, Wells Fargo has by far the strongest branch network as measured by the proportion of markets in its footprint that it dominates. Competitors like Capital One and PNC also rank high.

CVB Financial Corp. in Ontario, Calif., said late Monday that it had sold the vast majority of the problem loans related to what had been its largest borrower.