BankThink kicks off a new series in conjunction with American Banker Magazine’s annual Most Powerful Women in Banking issue.

S.Y. Bancorp in Louisville, Ky., plans to redeem $30 million of trust-preferred securities.

Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore., and Sterling Financial in Spokane, Wash., have set a $75 million penalty for terminating their planned merger.

Emclaire Financial in Emlenton, Pa., has partly redeemed preferred stock it issued through the Small Business Lending Fund.

KeyCorp's Beth Mooney tops the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking list; the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance list is led by Karen Peetz of BNY Mellon; and Mary Callahan Erdoes at JPMorgan Chase heads the 25 Women to Watch list.

California banker lives out boyhood ballpark dream, albeit in foul territory.

Whether newcomers to the power scene or bank industry veterans taking on a new challenge, these women bear keeping an eye on.

Successful. Influential. Innovative. These women are driving results at their institutions, and paving the way for the female talent behind them.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are about to get tougher on banks and other lenders that cut corners when originating mortgages and try to sell them to the government-sponsored enterprises.

Lawmakers are scheduled to examine concerns on Wednesday that a hike in flood insurance premiums set to go into effect this fall could topple the still weakened real estate market.

Malvern Bancorp is being challenged by a pair of dissidents in a development that highlights investors' growing frustration with the banking industry's inability to put capital to work.

Simplicity Bancorp's experience with mortgage servicing could give banks a reason to reconsider plans to ditch the business despite concerns about new regulations.

The American Bankers Association has formed a group to lobby on behalf of rural lenders.

Southwest Bancorp in Stillwater, Okla., has redeemed a series of trust-preferred securities.

Community Valley Bank in El Centro, Calif., has hired a new chief executive.

NCAL Bancorp in Los Angeles has agreed to a recapitalization that would give it new ownership.

The third quarter is nearly over, and the news from the trenches is bad. Loan demand is weak. Mortgage volatility caught many bankers off guard. And the only way to make a buck is to buy or sell assets, executives said at the recent Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York, the American Mortgage Conference in Raleigh, N.C., and elsewhere.

Cortland Bancorp in Ohio is exiting the wholesale-mortgage business.

Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has raised $12 million through a private placement.

Larry Uhlick will retire as chairman of the Birmingham, Ala., company's bank on Sept. 30. BBVA Compass also said in a press release Monday that Manolo Sanchez, the bank's president and chief executive, will succeed Uhlick.