First Bancorp in Troy, N.C., has applied for regulatory approval to move its headquarters to Southern Pines, N.C.

Community Bank of Tri-County in Waldorf, Md., has named a new chief risk officer.

Bank holding companies saw a dip in wealth management income in the first three quarters of 2012, a new study says.

Over 40 million Americans are under- or un-banked. Operation HOPE Chief Executive John Hope Bryant discusses how banks can make customers out of this under-served market and do well by doing good in the process.

ST Financial Group in College Station, Texas, plans to buy a small bank near Dallas. The parent company of Spirit of Texas Bank has agreed to purchase Peoples Bank in Colleyville, which has $72 million in assets and two branches.

Bank of Astoria in Oregon plans to convert all of its branches to the Columbia Bank brand, nine years after the two lenders merged.

Focus Business Bank in San Jose, Calif., has hired a leader for its business banking team. Robert Gionfriddo has joined the $213 million-asset bank as its chief business banking officer, Focus said Tuesday.

Astoria Financial (AF) in Lake Success, N.Y., plans to raise up to $150 million through an offering of depositary shares.

Staffing, policies and vendor relationships will draw scrutiny as community banks look for new ways to make money.

Ocwen Financial has added Wilbur Ross Jr. to its board.

The upswing in acquisition announcements lately has been unaccompanied by the spiral of rising deal and trading multiples that attended waves of mergers in the past.

Richard Moore became First Bancorp's CEO two years after losing a bid to become the state's governor. Investors are hoping his loss is the company's gain.

The $2.9 billion-asset parent of BofI Federal Bank said Monday it seeks as much as $50 million for general corporate purposes through the sale of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Institutions with at least $10 billion in assets approved 15.9% of loans between $25,000 and $3 million in February, up from 15.3% in January and from 11.7% a year earlier, according to Biz2Credit.

As banks struggle to find new sources of profitable business, are some making risky loans, delving into areas where they have little experience or are otherwise stretching in ways that they will eventually regret.

A rise in shareholder lawsuits following deal announcements has prompted insurers to vet clients' M&A plans and raise the deductibles banks must pay to settle claims.

Using data commonly available on most core systems, a relatively simple, inexpensive concentration stress testing model can bring value.

Heritage has agreed to pay $44.2 million for Valley Community Bancshares in Puyallup, Wash., the holding company for the $242 million-asset Valley Bank, the companies announced Tuesday.

Sunrise Community Banks in St. Paul, Minn., plans to combine three bank charters.

First BanCorp in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said that one of its directors resigned over a personal issue with another member of the board.