The chief credit officer of SVB Financial Group (SIVB) in Santa Clara, Calif., is moving to China.

Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM) in Brooklyn, N.Y., reported a small increase in quarterly profit.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council on Thursday identified several significant areas of concern, including operational risks like cybersecurity, overreliance on wholesale funding, and the impact of low interest-rates.

The Federal Reserve Board has hit two Midwest banks — Freedom Bank in Tulsa, Okla., and Freedom Bancorp. in Lindstrom, Minn. — with enforcement orders.

Jim Rohr says cybersecurity is one of the biggest issues banks face. The frequent distributed denial-of-service-attacks on banks' web servers that have occurred since September are doing more than disrupting service.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas was on the hunt for a cheaper and more stable deposit base and found it in National Bancshares, an Iowa company that needed common equity.

Mark Jamison of Capital One envisions a future in which financial services companies mimic Apple and other tech giants, turning bureaucracies into plug-and-play digital platforms.

TowneBank (TOWN) in Suffolk, Va., reported record quarterly profit driven by mortgage-banking and insurance revenue.

Banner Corp. (BANR) in Walla Walla, Wash., has named an executive from the world of philanthropy to its board.

Community banks are reporting first-quarter declines in net interest income despite increased lending. Low rates and competition are to blame.

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp in Philadelphia is the subject of a governmental investigation into its residential real estate lending.

A reduced reimbursement from regulators weighed on quarterly results at First Financial (FFBC) in Cincinnati.

Two federal regulators — the FDIC and the OCC — issued guidance on deposit-advance products that establish strict underwriting standards for payday loans offered by banks and any related third-party vendor.

Park Sterling in Charlotte, N.C., said it is on the hunt for bank acquisitions as it reported a record quarterly profit.

Improved asset quality and lower expenses lifted Columbia Banking System (COLB) in the first quarter.

BBCN Bancorp in Los Angeles has hired a former chief executive of Hanmi Financial and Wilshire Bancorp to lead its bank.

Yadkin Valley Financial in Elkin, N.C., tapped fee income to return to profitability.

Higher revenue and lower expenses lifted United Bankshares (UBSI) inn Charleston, W.Va., in the first quarter.

Sens. David Vitter and Sherrod Brown are courting a key constituency — small banks — that they hope can help build support for their legislation to tackle "too big to fail."

Oriental Financial Group (OFG) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is being rebranded as OFG Bancorp.