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The $169 million-asset bank will buy two branches from Community South Bank in Parsons, Tenn., the Nashville Business Journal reported Monday. TriStar will assume certain deposits and assets of branches in Columbia Spring Hill from the $497 million-asset Community.

Executives at a number of smaller banks see an opportunity in lending to peers despite lingering risks that are driving large and midsize lenders out of the business.

Monarch Community Bancorp in Coldwater, Mich., is set to start trading its stock over the counter to cut costs.

Capital Bank Financial, a $7.7 billion-asset privately held bank holding company, said Monday it would raise about $250 million via an initial public offering the company first announced in June 2011.

Wall Street hopes M&T's $3.7 billion deal for Hudson City will spark a rush of mergers and acquisitions. These five banks are prime takeover targets.

Agency is reviewing exam and rule-writing policies to explore ways to make regulation more efficient for community banks.

Starting Oct. 1, issuers with effective fraud reduction strategies will be eligible to make more money off debit card transactions. To reap the benefits of the Fed's new rule, banks will need to work together.

Lacking the authority to control fellow regulators' data operations, the Office of Financial Research may still play an important risk management role — but only by getting along with other agencies.

Henderson Citizens Bancshares in Texas announced an acquisition that should push its assets above $1 billion.

Sierra Vista Bank raised about $2.4 million through a stock offering, falling short of a plan to bring in $6.5 million.

The inclusion of secondary capital as part of credit unions' net worth would give them yet another unfair regulatory advantage over banks.

The FDIC issued four consent orders against banks in July, after doling out three a month earlier. The agency used to hand out 10 or more a month.

WASHINGTON — State regulators closed First Commercial Bank in Bloomington, Minn., late Friday in the industry's 41st failure this year.

Ralph Babb, the chief executive of Comerica in Dallas, tells a research analyst the company may consider in-market and out-of-market deals — its first since taking over Sterling Bancshares last year.

Regulators lifted an enforcement action against Anchor Bank in Lacey, Wash., and replaced it with a softer one.

William E. Griffin, a founder and former chairman of Hudson Valley Holding (HVB), has died, the company said Friday. Griffin was 79 and had suffered from a long illness.

Colony Financial (CLNY) in Los Angeles seeks to raise as much as $150.9 million through a common stock offering and use the funds to repay a revolving credit facility.

Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ) in Lynchburg, Va., has raised $10 million through a private placement of unregistered debt.

Unpredictable card terms and conditions make it hard for small-business owners to budget. If they can't allocate funds with confidence, they're less likely to hire employees, hurting the economy.