Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. has struck its third community bank buyout deal since forming a banking subsidiary in January.

Now that America's Community Bankers is merging with the American Bankers Association, what might become of ACB's remaining state association members?

Integrity Bancshares Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., announced Friday that its second-quarter net income would be reduced by about $21 million because of significant deterioration in its commercial real estate loan portfolio.

Harleysville National Corp. of Pennsylvania said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that a recent internal audit uncovered a misappropriation of $578,000 resulting from "unauthorized activities" by an employee of the bank.

Tower Financial Corp. of Fort Wayne, Ind., announced Monday that it has called off plans to establish its first bank in Indianapolis.

The Louisiana Bankers Association has selected Robert Taylor as its chief executive officer.

Union National Community Bank in Lancaster, Pa., entered a memorandum of understanding with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last week.

Sung Won Sohn, the president and chief executive officer of Hanmi Financial Corp. in Los Angeles, visited New York this month to suss out the local Korean communities.

The Texas Credit Union Commission has proposed a new rule that would effectively ban hostile credit union takeovers.

Pacific Capital Bancorp has renewed its focus on serving middle-market customers and high-net-worth individuals, and it is shedding its equipment leasing and indirect auto financing businesses, because they do not jibe with that strategy.

PrivateBancorp Inc. of Chicago announced Thursday that it expects its nonperforming loans to rise this quarter because of the softening real estate market.

Mercantile Bancorp Inc. of Quincy, Ill., said it has improved its internal financial reporting and strengthened its management controls by using an online service to extract information from the data processing systems of its bank units.

Like many other small financial institutions, Gloucester County Federal Savings Bank has had its growth plans hampered by fierce deposit competition, both from other local banks and from online ones.

AUSTIN — Start-up capital appears to be drying up in some markets, but it is still flowing freely in Texas and is starting to trickle into the state's second-tier cities.

Mercantile Bancorp Inc. in Quincy, Ill., has bought a $1.1 million stake in a Denver-area start-up bank.

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Franklin Bank Corp. of Houston announced Wednesday that it had received commitments to sell $23.3 million of common stock to a group of insiders.

Danversbank in Massachusetts plans to convert from a mutual to a stock holding company.

Blue River Bancshares Inc. of Shelbyville, Ind., said late Monday that it has amended its agreement to sell the charter of one of its subsidiaries to FirstAtlantic Financial Holdings Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla.

Flush with capital from its recent public offering, Porter Bancorp Inc. in Louisville appears ready to put that money to work in acquisitions.