Avidbank Holdings (AVBH) in Palo Alto, Calif., has raised $16 million selling roughly 1.6 million shares of common stock in a private offering.

Technology CU announced this morning it has introduced a new way to help members avoid ATM surcharges with the debut of FeeAlert from Cardtronics.

Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., plans to redeem $15 million in trust-preferred securities.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with Farmers Bank in Ault, Colo. The May 2010 pact obligated the $232 million-asset bank's directors to strengthen oversight of management.

Fulton Financial (FULT) in Lancaster, Pa., has lured a chief marketing officer from First Niagara Financial (FNFG).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gave banks and nonbanks four tips on how to minimize the risk that its investigations blow up into an enforcement action.

The $4.2 billion-asset, Conway, Ark., company will pay $280 million in cash and stock for the $2.9 billion-asset Liberty.

Senate Banking Committee members pressed regulators Tuesday about the extent of industry efforts to gain greater flexibility in modifying or delaying repayment of troubled student loans.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has hired Michael Allison as co-president and Bob Granfelt as chief operating officer.

Trade finance involving U.S. and Chinese companies is growing, and MetroCorp could be free to make more loans now that it is free of a regulatory order.

Premara Bank in Charlotte, N.C., has opened a branch in downtown Washington.

Banks can get beyond the negative perceptions that have dogged the industry the past few years, but they need to lay the proper groundwork first. American Banker Magazine Editor in Chief Heather Landy and Reputation Institute's Anthony Johndrow analyze the results of our fourth annual survey of bank reputations.

Banks face a looming financial risk from home equity loans, an international ratings agency is warning.

Filling this increasingly prevalent and critical position presents the perfect opportunity for a bank to bring a female executive into its C-suite.

A JPMorgan Chase court case sets a precedent on telecommuting.

No bank in our annual survey of reputations has done a better job of positioning itself on long-term trust issues than BMO Harris Bank, which outscored the field when we asked consumers whether they'd give their bank the benefit of the doubt when the next crisis hit.

With Bank of America and Best Buy scaling back telecommuting privileges and Yahoo! axing them entirely, it may seem a backlash against working from home is underway in corporate America. But that's just not the case.

Hoping that a steeper yield curve will boost your net interest margin? History shows that higher rates might not have that effect.

A handful of banks dominate the Top 5 performers in survey questions about the key components of reputation. The annual American Banker/Reputation Institute Survey of Bank Reputations drills into customers' and noncustomers' feelings about each bank's record on governance, products, workplace environment, innovation, financial performance, corporate citizenship and leadership.

Washington Federal (WAFD) in Seattle has won regulatory approval to switch to a national bank from a thrift.