Cascade Bancorp's largest shareholder, in affiliation with a PE firm, agreed to invest $65 million into the struggling bank — but only if it found capital elsewhere first.

Taylor Capital Group Inc. in Rosemont, Ill., announced it is selling its corporate trust business to Amalgamated Bank of Chicago.

Sonoma Valley Bancorp has been required to restate its third-quarter results after a recent regulatory exam.

Small banks face myriad and often frustrating obstacles to acquiring failed banks. But some smart strategies have separated the successful bidders from the rest, including raising excess capital well before a bid, targeting fewer and smaller banks, tracking enforcement actions of potential failures and bringing in well-seasoned management to see a deal through.

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The parent company of American Federal Savings Bank in Helena, Mont., has gotten regulatory approval to complete the second step of its conversion to a stock company.

Promontory Interfinancial Network, already known for providing coverage through its certificate of deposit network, is set to announce today that it plans a May launch for a product to protect a customer's liquid funds.

WASHINGTON — Four failures late Friday cost the government an additional $1 billion.Among the closings, which brought the year's total to 20, was that of $3.6 billion-asset La Jolla Bank in La Jolla, Calif. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sold La Jolla's operations to OneWest Bank in Pasadena in the second recent deal for the buyers of the failed IndyMac Bank.

WASHINGTON — Four failures late Friday cost the government an additional $1 billion.Among the closings, which brought the year's total to 20, was that of $3.6 billion-asset La Jolla Bank in La Jolla, Calif. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sold La Jolla's operations to OneWest Bank in Pasadena in the second recent deal for the buyers of the failed IndyMac Bank.

Flush with capital and newly liberated from the Treasury's Tarp restrictions, Umpqua Holdings Corp. is embarking on a consolidation quest in the Pacific Northwest.

New Century Bank, Jay S. Sidhu's most recent endeavor, has increased its capital by 180% as it seeks to embark on a major growth spurt.

The Office of Thrift Supervision has issued a prompt corrective action against La Jolla Bank FSB of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., ordering the thrift to merge with another institution or sell off nearly all of its assets and liabilities to become at least "adequately capitalized."

The Federal Reserve has ordered Marco Community Bank in Marco Island, Fla., to take steps to raise its capital levels.

First National Community Bancorp Inc. of Dunmore, Pa., reported a loss of $11.3 million for 2009, citing a more than tenfold increase in its provision for credit losses.

Cecilian Bank in Cecilia, Ky., has agreed to purchase two branches and a pool of commercial loans from the struggling Integra Bank of Evansville, Ind., the companies announced Wednesday.

Weeks after raising $303.6 million, Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., announced late Wednesday that it had repurchased securities issued to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

A thrift has found a resourceful way to raise some badly needed capital, one that institutions across the country could replicate: unwinding its employee stock ownership plan.

While many financial advisers continue to seek either the comforts of a megafirm or the independence of a registered investment advisory group, Adam Sherman, David Fleisher and their team have found a cozy home in the community banking channel.

The Independent Community Bankers of America sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Wednesday asking that a broad pool of community banks be made eligible for a proposed $30 billion small-business lending program.

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