As the volume of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. suits against failed-bank officers and directors continues to rise, few cases are approaching anything close to an outcome.

First BanCorp (FBP) has traveled a bumpy road to recovery but top management hopes a clear strategy will help the San Juan, Puerto Rico, company complete its turnaround.

FirstBank (FBMI) in Alma, Mich., has redeemed its remaining shares issued in exchange for funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Heritage Commerce (HTBK) in San Jose, Calif., plans to redeem $9 million of debt and exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has named a veteran executive as interim chief financial officer.

To keep costs down, insurers are exercising their right under the Affordable Care Act to insist consumers pay their premiums via automatic bank withdrawal. The Department of Health and Human Services is scrambling to make insurers accept plastic.

Rough calculations reveal that the Greensboro, N.C., company could be pledging nearly $2 million in tangible common equity to back Security Savings' assets.

A growing number of multibank holding companies have decided that cutting costs is more important than having a local face in certain communities.

The $625 million-asset BNCF Financial will pay about $5 million in cash for the $75 million-asset Wilton. BNC Financial said it expects no tangible book value dilution after the deal is completed.

The public's confidence in U.S. banks is up five percentage points from a year earlier, to 26%, according to a poll released Friday by Gallup.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., has agreed to buy BCSB Bancorp in Baltimore in a stock transaction valued at $79 million, or $23.77 a share. The acquisition is the company's third in less than eight months.

Washington Trust Bancorp in Westerly, R.I., has tapped one of its executives to become head of wealth management at its bank.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia is planning a second-step conversion.

NewBridge Bancorp (NBBC) in Greensboro, N.C., is acquiring a cash-strapped mutual at the behest of state regulators.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren voiced concerns Thursday about the regulatory burden facing community banks, asking whether the industry needs a two-tiered system of rules to keep the smallest institutions from being wiped out.

The $1.2 billion-asset company paid $540,000 to repurchase the warrant it issued the Treasury Department in December 2008, Hawthorn said Thursday.

Urban Partnership Bank's plans to open a branch inside a Walmart store in a revitalizing Chicago neighborhood show how two very different institutions decided they would be a good fit after listening to their customers.

Bankers and regulators may need to study the barriers of entry into banking just as seriously as the NFL and Major League Baseball consider new franchises for football and baseball.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has lifted a regulatory order that had been imposed on a unit of MetroCorp Bancshares in Houston.

Associated Bank plans to use analytics so it can make more appropriate sales pitches and help business clients better manage their affairs.