National Penn Bancshares in Allentown, Pa., plans to raise $100 million through a debt offering.

The $2.5 billion-asset QCR said in a press release Friday that the new company will include the mortgage staff from its Quad City Bank & Trust.

Banc of California has announced extensive community reinvestment goals as part of its planned purchase of 20 Banco Popular branches in Southern California. The agreement, which appeased a community group that had opposed the sale, shows how much power such organizations wield when it comes to M&A.

Ted Strauss, a Dallas entrepreneur who helped establish two of the city's most-prominent banks, died Friday morning.

Camden Fine at the Independent Community Bankers of America believes entrepreneurial bankers will return to starting new banks in the latter half of this decade as the industry adjusts to the new business conditions and as consolidation creates voids.

Today's hackers are "extremely sophisticated" and banks need to work hard to keep pace with their methods of attack, warns James Sills, who recently left his job as chief information officer for the state of Delaware to become CEO of a small bank in North Carolina.

Bankers criticize credit unions' tax-exempt status because they fear they are losing ground to member-owned financial cooperatives, writes the Credit Union National Association's Bill Hampel.

First Mountain Bank in Big Bear Lake, Calif., is looking to replace a pair of bankers who collectively have more than 80 years of industry experience.

BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., has been hit with a consent order tied to compliance weaknesses tied to the Bank Secrecy Act and the Patriot Act.

Kearny Financial in Kearny, N.J., has adopted a plan to convert to a public stock company.

Real estate agents have a lot of advice for mortgage lenders about how to do their job better, according to a new TD Bank survey.

A large shareholder at Valley Community Bank is objecting to the Pleasanton, Calif., company's sale to FNB Bancorp in South San Francisco.

A judge has ruled that the involuntary bankruptcy of FMB Bancshares in Lakeland, Ga., may proceed, a decision that could embolden more trust-preferred creditors to pursue a similar strategy.

BBVA Compass Bancshares in Birmingham, Ala., plans to hire 10 community relations officers to help improve its community reinvestment record.

More banks are considering switching to a universal banker model, where selling products and services becomes more important. The transition requires patience, planning and training.

Howard Bancorp in Ellicott City, Md., raised nearly $500,000 in capital after management and directors exercised warrants to buy common stock.

One reason so many federal thrifts have switched to other charters is that the Qualified Thrift Lender test impedes their commercial lending. However, a top regulator says he wants it eliminated.

Congressional Bancshares in Bethesda, Md., has agreed to buy American Bank Holdings in Bethesda.

Intervest Bancshares in New York has officially exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Leaders of large community banks in the Southeast are keen on acquisitions, though their level of interest varies widely. Some, like Home BancShares in Arkansas, are eager to line up the next big deal. Others, including Bank of the Ozarks, seem content to steal lenders and open offices after several years of acquisitions.