F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., announced Friday that its president and chief executive, Stephen J. Gurgovits, will step down Dec. 31, 2008.

Best known as a mortgage lender, Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Mich., is trying to make a bigger name for itself in retail banking.

BCSB Bankcorp Inc. of Baltimore announced that it would take an after-tax charge of $6.9 million, or $1.18 a share, for its fiscal third quarter, which ended Friday, because of losses from a check-kiting scheme.

Old National Bancorp, which has not bought a bank since 2000, is embracing the time-tested acquisition strategy of courting potential targets.

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(From The Credit Union Journal)

Castle Creek Capital LLC, a merchant banking organization in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has agreed to buy The Bank in Melbourne, Fla., for about $45 million.

AUSTIN - Texas legislators are studying the idea of merging the state's bank, thrift, credit union, and consumer credit supervisors into a single agency.

Community Banks Inc. wants to significantly expand the trust and wealth management services in its Pennsylvania footprint as it looks to eclipse $1 billion of assets under management.

Corus Bankshares Inc. appears to be taking a breather from lending to condominium developers.

The National Credit Union Administration’s vice chairman entered hostile territory this week, offering an olive branch to a group of North Carolina bankers.

Leesport Financial Corp. in Wyomissing, Pa., announced Thursday that it is eliminating 14 jobs to trim overhead and improve efficiency.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is warning institutions about the risk of outsourcing technology, data processing, and call center services to foreign countries.

The National Credit Union Administration approved a rule to limit credit union expansion into underserved areas.

USAA Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation’s largest branchless banks, is accepting deposits at more than 4,100 United Parcel Service stores.

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AUSTIN - The largely unregulated industry of property-tax lending is about to get more oversight.

Sovereign Bancshares Inc. of Dallas has agreed to buy Jefferson Bank of Texas, also of Dallas, for $20 million to $30 million in cash and stock.

ValueBank Texas in Corpus Christi is trying to woo younger retail customers by offering as many Internet services as possible.

Jose A. Infante’s defection from Community Shores Bank Corp. to a rival banking company has heated up competition in western Michigan.