An unsolicited offer from an unnamed institution prompted Team Capital Bank in Bethlehem, Pa., to explore selling itself.

The Brooklyn company points to the recently announced merger of Rockville and United Financial in the New England, along with other deal, as evidence that similarly sized banks can reach agreement.

Foundation Bancorp (FDNB) in Bellevue, Wash., has been released from an enforcement action issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and state regulators.

Several community banks have started offering correspondent banking services, while others are expanding their products. Still, many banks are wary about repeating the mistakes of the past.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions have terminated their regulatory agreement with Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) in Virginia Beach and its subsidiary the Bank of Hampton Roads.

The $3 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Jack Allison will oversee the bank's banking, mortgage, small business, information technology and retail divisions, along with the operations of investment firm, Sun Financial Services, in a newly created post.

Synovus (SNV) in Columbus, Ga., is planning to replace two directors and pursue a 1-for-7 reverse stock split.

Fees on checking accounts continue to climb, especially at the largest banks, as free checking accounts slowly become an endangered species. But the price creep doesn't seem to have cost them customers.

OceanFirst Financial (OCFC) in Toms River, N.J., has added its president and chief operating officer to its board.

American National Bank in Oakland Park, Fla., has been freed from an enforcement action from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

BancAlliance processed its first member referral for a shared credit, providing hope that banks are starting to regain trust in each other to land bigger borrowers.

The Baltimore company, which is looking to sell its bank through bankruptcy, secured a judge's support for a proposal requiring advance notice before big investors try and sell common stock.

Stilwell Group is irate that Poage Bankshares has agreed to buy another Kentucky bank. The activist investor would prefer to see the company buy back stock and, eventually, find a buyer.

First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) in Raleigh, N.C., said that another key member of its controlling family is stepping down.

Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) in Moultrie, Ga., has received regulatory approval to buy back its remaining preferred stock tied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Central Pacific Financial (CPF) in Honolulu will repurchase a large block of stock from two investors.

It doesn't take much for regulators to kill a product. Last April, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray compared banks' deposit-advance loans to payday loans. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. followed by issuing stricter guidelines. Since then every bank that offered the product has dropped it. Following is a timeline of the deposit-advance loan's demise.

Colonial Virginia Bank (CNVB) in Gloucester, Va., has revised its yearly earnings downward after a required adjustment to pension costs.

Smaller institutions see a potential opportunity in fee-laden accounts for pot businesses, but their larger counterparts see mostly risk.

It has been a year after Stifel bought Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in a quest for more scale in the area of bank advisory services. Thomas Michaud, KBW's CEO, reflects on the past year and evaluates trends and forces in bank M&A and capital raising in coming months.