The Federal Reserve said Thursday it has taken enforcement action against California-based Tamalpais Bancorp in an effort to ensure the bank maintains sufficient capital.

Now with a war chest of capital, a clean balance sheet and willing management, Hancock Holding is primed to take advantage of down-cycle opportunities and is actively seeking acquisitions in Florida.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston is set to pick up Texas branches that were once owned by FBOP Corp.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has opened a temporary satellite office near Chicago that will house up to 500 non-permanent staff members.

Shares of Hanmi Financial Corp. have soared this week following reports in the Korean media that Woori Finance Holdings Co. is looking to take a large stake in the company through a potential equity investment.

The Federal Reserve announced enforcement actions Tuesday against Bank of Virginia.

The Federal Reserve issued enforcement actions Tuesday against Community Financial Holding Co., a registered bank holding company in Duluth, Ga.

Its numbers are still a bit wanting, but Washington Federal Inc. is distinguishing itself from the pack of recession-hit also-rans in the beleaguered Pacific Northwest.

Mercantile Bank Corp. in Grand Rapids reported Tuesday that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $26.4 million, from a profit of $300,000 a year earlier.

Southern First Bancshares Inc. in Greenville, S.C., reported Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 59% from a year earlier, to $152,000.

Fulton Financial Corp. swung to a fourth-quarter profit on a smaller loan-loss provision and a large prior-year writedown.

The Federal Reserve announced enforcement actions Tuesday against Bank of Virginia of Midlothian and the parent company of Gwinnett Community Bank of Duluth, Ga.

The government seized banks in three states late Friday, bringing the failure total in the new year to four.

The government seized banks in three states late Friday, bringing the failure total in the new year to four.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. continued its selling spree, on Friday announcing its 10th deal since May.

Pacific Capital Bancorp Inc. has completed the sale of its tax division to a private-equity firm but said it is "highly unlikely" that the deal would let its tax-preparation partners offer more tax loans this year.

The Federal Reserve has ordered Old Southern Bank in Orlando to find a buyer or increase its equity in the next month.

California regulators have approved three more mergers of failed state-chartered credit unions.

Bank consultants say the double denial could signal that the significantly undercapitalized Amcore is running out of options and that without dramatic action to restore its languishing capital the bank's days could be numbered.

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., on Thursday announced the pricing of its public offering, of 16.4 million shares of common stock.