Patriot Financial is among a handful of investors to team up and bid on 1st Mariner Bank in a bankruptcy auction. Kirk Wycoff, Patriot's managing director, says his firm likes the structure and thinks it provides a market-based solution to community banks' debt hangover.

Being persistent and relentlessly reasonable can succeed over expressions of outrage, however justified that may be.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has filed a lawsuit against an executive at Renasant (RNST) in an effort to recoup money from a defaulted loan from the defunct Tennessee Commerce Bank.

Talmer Bancorp in Troy, Mich., expects to raise $42.5 million in its initial public offering.

Banks have shied away from private student loans, both because of the need for scale in this business and intense scrutiny from regulators including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But these loans are performing much better than federally guaranteed student loans, says Dan Feshbach, Chief Executive of data company MeasureOne.

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America and Citigroup executive, said women haven't climbed Wall Street's corporate ranks after the 2008 credit crunch because men tend to hire people like themselves when facing a crisis.

Big banks reportedly approved more small-business loans in January than they have in the last three years.

Pan Pacific Bank (PPFC) said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit plunged 70% from a year earlier, to $99,000 due to a sharp drop in fee income.

As the role and responsibilities of compliance officers has grown, so has the need to ensure that those employees can effectively communicate with the rest of the bank.

Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J. skipped peppering Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on monetary policy on Tuesday, focusing instead on a critical role that has remained left unfilled on the board: a formal overseer of bank regulation.

Bank fees have the power to make or break customer loyalty, according to a new survey from GoBankingRates.

Independent Bank Group (IBTX) in McKinney, Texas, reported loan growth and higher expenses in the fourth quarter.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Credit unions are saying that 13.9% of their cards were impacted by breaches in 2013, according to a recent survey.

Community Bank of the Chesapeake in Waldorf, Md., plans to continue its expansion into Virginia by opening two branches in Fredericksburg over the next 18 months.

Iberiabank Corp. (IBKC) in Lafayette, La., has agreed to buy First Private Holdings in Dallas.

First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK) in Billings, Mont., has agreed to buy Mountain West Financial (MTWF) in Helena, Mont.

The $176 billion-asset company will close the center in the summer of 2015, the Roanoke Times reported, citing a BB&T spokesman.

Florida Bank in Tampa has been freed from a memorandum of understanding issued by state regulators, according to a report.

Gerald Reaux, 53, "succumbed to an illness he had been battling for a while," KATC.com reported on Monday.