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.

American River Bankshares in Sacramento announced Monday that it has begun a stock offering to raise up to $25.3 million.

Though it is weighed down by bad construction loans and short on capital, Baytree National Bank and Trust in Lake Forest, Ill., is engineering a rescue.

The Federal Reserve has announced enforcement actions against two banking companies in Washington State and one in Kansas.

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Nearly two years ago the FDIC set out to examine whether banks could make money by offering small loans to cash-strapped consumers, and with the pilot program scheduled to end in February, the answer seems clear: not in the short term.

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B of I Holding Inc. in San Diego has filed a shelf registration to raise up to $125 million of capital.

The significantly undercapitalized Charter Bank in Sante Fe, N.M., must come up with a plan to sell itself if it cannot boost its capital ratios by yearend.

Lynn Tilton, the founder and chief executive of the private-equity firm, Patriach Partners, was eager to talk about an undertaking that will probably constrain her sleep time even further: buying or starting a bank that would lend to midmarket companies.

Shares of Severn Bancorp Inc. fell Tuesday after the Annapolis, Md., company announced that it has come under more regulatory scrutiny.

Mercantile Bancorp Inc. is shedding half its banks in a series of deals that illustrates the financial contortions some companies need to survive the recession.