The officers and directors of Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc. have infused the Arlington company with $25 million in fresh capital, the first step in a larger capital-raising plan that its chief executive said would help it "withstand current pressures from increased credit costs" and "provide an additional cushion for unforeseen market challenges."

Well before federal regulators shut down Washington Mutual Bank on Thursday, deposits began surging at the $1.4 billion-asset Oritani Financial Corp. in Washington Township, N.J.

As a part of a continuing effort to shed expenses and strengthen its capital position, Omni Financial Services Inc. in Atlanta is selling its four North Carolina branches to Capital Bank Corp. in Raleigh.

Peoples Financial Corp. in Biloxi, Miss., said it expects to take hits totaling $3 million in the third quarter to reflect the declining the value of its investment in Freddie Mac preferred stock and bigger losses in its portfolio of loans to home builders.

The cash-strapped Vineyard National Bancorp in Corona, Calif., is under orders to stop paying dividends to shareholders without approval from its regulator, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Trying to get a better handle on the quality of loans and investments that banks and thrifts hold, federal regulators have proposed major modifications in call reports that would require institutions to submit more detailed data on a range of items, including residential construction loans and structured investment products.

Like most banking companies, First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., stopped doing business with check-cashing stores and other money-services firms a few years back because it feared running afoul of anti-money-laundering laws.

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Forced out as chairman Cape Fear Bank Corp. last month, Cameron Coburn has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Wilmington, N.C., company.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in Lockport, N.Y., is looking to raise $100 million through an offering of its common stock.

Count Gateway Financial Holdings Inc. as another casualty in the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Bank of Granite Corp.'s streak of consecutive quarterly dividends has ended at 219.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has ordered Hastings Bancorp Inc. in Nebraska to suspend dividend payments to preserve its capital, and not take on any more debt.

Integra Bank Corp. in Evansville, Ind., has struck a deal to sell three small Kentucky branches to Peoples Exchange Bank, a unit of Genbeach Co. Inc. in Beattyville, Ky.

Though its plan to get a capital infusion from Jay S. Sidhu fell through, Federal Trust Corp. has a new lifeline.

When I became the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 1981, the FDIC's financial statement showed a balance at the Treasury of $11 billion. I decided it would be a real treat to see all of that money, so I placed a call to Treasury Secretary Don Regan:

CBFH Inc. of Beaumont, Tex., has agreed to buy Crosby Bancshares.

How much relief community banks will get under the Treasury Department's proposal will hinge in many cases on how the government decides to deal with bad loans to home builders.

In a move that bank trade groups applauded, the Treasury Department said Sunday that its plan to guarantee money market mutual funds would cover only the amounts held in those funds at the close of business Friday.

Now that it is under regulatory orders to improve its capital ratios, BankUnited Financial Corp. in Coral Gables, Fla., plans to cut 12% of its staff, or about 160 employees.