Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc. in Arlington plans to raise as much as $150 million of fresh capital, according to a shelf registration statement the company filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The $5.1 billion-asset company, which has dual headquarters in Lansing, Mich., and Phoenix, said the agreement is with the local shareholders of its $95 million-asset Bank of San Francisco, which it chartered in 2005.

The Treasury Department said it expects to generate $2.9 million from the sale of warrants to purchase the common stock of First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said it hopes to raise up to $25 million of fresh capital through a rights offering to existing shareholders.

Two weeks after calling off a capital-raising effort, Tidelands Bancshares Inc. in Mount Pleasant, S.C., said it plans to reduce its size.

EverBank has thrived as one of the most profitable banks in Florida by becoming a dominant player in the online banking realm. Last week, though, the Jacksonville company made a detour into brick-and-mortar banking by acquiring three failed Bank of Florida franchises, snapping up 13 branches across the state and increasing its assets by 15%, to $11 billion.

Cascade Bancorp's lead investors are giving the Bend, Ore., company more time to find additional capital.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., said it will not launch a planned common stock sale "in light of current market volatility," according to a press release Tuesday.

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NASB Financial Inc. in Grandview, Mo., reported its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after delaying the announcement to complete an evaluation of its investment in a land development company.

Horizon Bancorp in Michigan City, Ind., has completed its purchase of American Trust and Savings Bank of Whiting, Ind., the companies said Tuesday.

The competition for failed banks in Florida is so intense that the private-equity financier Wilbur L. Ross Jr. went looking for greener pastures. He found them in Michigan.

Five more banks failed Friday — including the subsidiaries of Bank of Florida Corp. — costing the government an additional $317 million.

K-Fed Bancorp in Covina, Calif., said Friday that it plans to offer additional shares of common stock to convert from a mutual holding company to a full stock company.

A Maine investment group has agreed to inject $60 million into Savings Bank of Maine in Gardiner as part of the thrift's recapitalization plan, the companies announced last week.

Five more banks failed Friday – including the subsidiaries of Bank of Florida Corp. – costing the government an additional $317 million.

Community bank M&A activity has awakened from a two-year slump with a pair of recent deals in the Southeast. Banks are reaching historically low prices, particularly in coastal markets like Florida, Georgia and California

Community bank M&A activity has awakened from a two-year slump with a pair of recent deals in the Southeast and historically low prices for banks, particularly in coastal ...