Royal Business Bank in Los Angeles has agreed to acquire Los Angeles National Bank in Buena Park, Calif.

Washington Federal, a $13.3 billion-asset thrift, said Thursday that it will provide $250 million over the coming five years for community development in Oregon.

Many Hurricane Sandy-damaged businesses are back in business with one big caveat: they still can't accept credit or debit cards. That's put a focus on new payments technologies able to withstand natural disasters.

North Jersey Community Bancorp has taken on a new identity.

Enterprise Financial in St. Louis, Mo., has fully exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Severn Bank & Trust in Annapolis, Md., has turned to a 35-year banking veteran to be its chief lending officer.

The Federal Reserve Board has lifted a memorandum of understanding against First M&F (FMFC) in Kosciusko, Miss.

Too often, branch employees simply manage a transaction, when they should be focused on engaging or educating the customer to make a lasting impression.

Securities regulators have charged three executives of a failed bank in Virginia with deceiving investors about the health of its loan portfolio at the apex of the financial crisis.

Hanmi Financial (HAFC) has hired an investment bank to help it explore options that could include the sale of the Korean-American bank.

Hanmi Financial Corp. (HAFC), the second-largest U.S. bank catering to Korean-Americans, is looking for a buyer and hired DelMorgan & Co. to advise on a sale, said three people with knowledge of the matter.

Intermountain Community Bancorp (IMCB) of Sandpoint, Idaho, is now trading on Nasdaq.

Accounting-related gains are dwindling for many acquirers of failed or troubled banks. Their alternatives include cutting costs — or buying again.

Center Bancorp hopes it can get business referrals from the partnership, providing more evidence that banks are getting creative to generate revenue.

A neighborhood association wants regulators to stop the company and CEO John Kanas from expanding in New York.

Giving regulators more levers to pull and buttons to push with respect to the financial system only creates a false sense of security. The new regulatory powers come with few meaningful accountability checks.

FirstMerit (FMER) of Akron, Ohio, has chosen a veteran banker in the upper Midwest to manage its newly acquired business in Michigan.

Banks with Alabama ties capitalize on the home team's national championship in college football — fast.

Bank of America's need to downsize continues to benefit small banks, as Old National acquires branches with $780 million of deposits in two states.

Alvin Kang, the CEO of BBCN, has created the nation’s biggest Korean-American bank. Here are five noteworthy examples of banks where minorities own more than 51% of outstanding shares.