After securing more capital, Jacksonville Bancorp Inc. has announced its purchase of Atlantic BancGroup Inc.

The recent trend toward bank IPOs, coming three years into a de facto industry lockdown, may prove ephemeral.

The $1.5 billion-asset company said in a Tuesday filing with the SEC that it expects to raise up to $26.1 million by selling 1.5 million shares of common stock at $17 a share.

Cascade Bancorp of Bend, Ore., finally secured the capital it has been pursuing for months, with the help of a new investor -- Wilbur Ross.

Executive management will need to resolve simmering issues with performance measurement, given the persistent bank emphasis on splintered metrics centered on individual products.

North Valley Bancorp in Redding, Calif., posted a $7.6 million loss for the third quarter, compared with net income of $684,000 a year earlier.

TIB Financial Corp. in Naples, Fla., had a wider net loss of $33.7 million in the third quarter after its new owner overhauled the company's balance sheet.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. in Lansing, Mich., continues to shed assets as its losses narrow.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., said that capital levels fell again after it posted a hefty third-quarter loss.

First Northern Community Bancorp in Dixon, Calif., has promoted Jeremiah Z. Smith to take over as chief financial officer at the end of the year.

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday issued written agreements against three community banks and their parent companies.

Roughly a year after announcing plans to halve itself to survive, Mercantile Bancorp Inc. in Quincy, Ill., is again in search of more capital.

Re: "Viewpoint: Harness Home Loan Banks for Job Creation" Nov. 10. I concur with Mr. Hurley that the Federal Home Loan Bank System played a critical role in providing liquidity during the financial crisis. I cannot, however, agree with the approach he proposes to restructure the Home Loan Bank System.

JPMorgan Chase said it more than doubled the amount of loans it has offered through the SBA in fiscal 2010, making it the most prolific lender in the agency's program for the year.

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The dismal results came after the $1.6 billion-asset company said it would sell a majority of its common stock to private-equity-backed North American Financial Holdings.

Eastern Bank Corp. has received regulatory approval to buy Wainwright Bank and Trust Co., the Boston companies said Monday.

Capitol Federal said it had received conditional approval from the OTS to begin a new offering of between 118 million and 159 million shares of common stock at $10 a share.

Horizon Bancorp in Michigan City, Ind., said it has repurchased 25% of its preferred stock under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The $7.5 billion-asset company on Monday held a call for all of its 8% trust-preferred securities that were due in 2032 at a redemption price of $25 a share.