Small banks looking for more exposure among investors got a boost when Frank Russell Co. launched a new microcap index last month.

Harleysville National Corp. of Pennsylvania announced Monday that its second-quarter net income increased 3.3%, to $9.7 million.

Thomas A. Bracken, the president and chief executive of the $3.1 billion-asset Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., was understandably elated when a May deposit promotion brought in $200 million, far more than expected.

Community Banks Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa., which reported a profit of $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2004, reported Monday that it lost $1.1 million in the period this year.

Texas Regional Bancshares Inc. of McAllen announced Monday that its second-quarter net income rose 16%, to $21.9 million.

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Prosperity Bancorp of Houston said Friday that its second-quarter net income totaled $12.2 million, up 46% from a year earlier.

Community Credit Union in Plano, Tex., has filed a lawsuit challenging the National Credit Union Administration's decision this month to invalidate its conversion vote because of concerns about how a disclosure document was folded.

LSB Bancshares Inc. in Lexington, N.C., said Friday that second-quarter earnings had risen 8.7% from the same period last year, to $2.4 million.

The $3.5 billion-asset Glacier Bancorp Inc. in Kalispell, Mont., which bought two banks this year, has a deal for a third: Thompson Falls Holding Co. in Montana, for $21.8 million in cash and stock.

Georgia Bank Financial Corp. in Augusta has ambitions beyond its home state - and has taken new steps to realize them.

Republic Bancorp of Ann Arbor, Mich., said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings were a record $17.5 million, besting the year-earlier period's results by 7%.

Gold Banc Corp. Inc. of Leawood, Kan., reported that its second-quarter earnings soared to $25.3 million, from $300,000 in the year-earlier period.

Harbor Florida Bancshares Inc. reported that its fiscal third-quarter earnings were $11.9 million, topping the like period of fiscal 2004 by 15.5%.

Lakeland Bancorp of Oak Ridge, N.J., announced Thursday that the second quarter was its best ever.

In February, when West Coast Bank of Lake Oswego, Ore., began heavy advertising for a new free checking account, its executives feared that business customers might think it was abandoning them.

Community Trust Bancorp Inc. of Pikeville, Ky., said its second-quarter earnings rose 9% from the same period last year, to $8.5 million.

Commerce Bancshares Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., said its second-quarter earnings rose 1% from the same quarter last year, to $54.4 million.

Like a lot of smaller banks, Heartland Bank in St. Louis had never done export financing.

GB&T Bancshares Inc. in Gainesville, Ga., said it would add $2.9 million to its loan-loss provisions - a move that could wipe out its second-quarter earnings.