Now, in the name of reform, this bill would impose new requirements and penalties on the Home Loan banks that would make them less effective no matter what the economic climate.

On Tuesday, the $1.5 billion-asset company filed a registration statement that would allow it to raise up to $20 million by extending rights to its shareholders to buy new common shares.

First Niagara Financial Group will lend up to $50 million as part of a recapitalization plan that will make Harleysville National Corp. and its bank subsidiary well-capitalized.

A month after announcing plans to raise $20 million, Emclaire Financial Corp. in Emlenton, Pa., has called off its stock offering.

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Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. is the second company in less than a week to suggest there could be some government relief forthcoming for those that received funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, but are now struggling.

Less than a week after its parent's bankruptcy filing, Cleveland-based AmTrust Bank failed Friday at a cost of $2 billion to the government.

Less than a week after its parent's bankruptcy filing, Cleveland-based AmTrust Bank failed Friday at a cost of $2 billion to the government.

Though the market for trust-preferred securities remains strained, the warm reception for an offering from City National Corp. is expected to persuade others to consider this option for a capital boost.

Though the market for trust-preferred securities remains strained, the warm reception for an offering from City National Corp. is expected to persuade others to consider this option for a capital boost.

A fresh shot of capital has moved Mercantile Bancorp Inc.'s Florida unit back into regulators' good graces.

After six months of withholding all the losing bids made for failed banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has decided to resume releasing much of the information.

Companies choosing to begin customer interactions with sales pitches are establishing whose priorities matter most — theirs.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin has been tossed a private-equity life ring, but the company must persuade one of its lenders and the Treasury Department to help reel it in.

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Shares of Center Financial Corp. rose Wednesday after the Los Angeles company said that it raised $12.8 million of capital.

The parent company of AmTrust Bank filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, casting doubt on the future of the Cleveland bank's more than 60 branches.

The Federal Reserve is ordering Bank of Illinois in Normal to raise its capital ratios.

Sunwest Bank had some explaining to do after it pulled away from construction lending about five years ago. Now the Tustin, Calif., company's patience is paying off.

The parent company of Cleveland's AmTrust Bank, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, casting doubt on the future of the bank's more than 60 branches.