A founding director of Santa Clara Valley Bank has been elected as chairman. Scott K. Rushing replaces Ralph Rueda De Leon, who has served as chairman for the last three years. Additionally Elias F. Valdes was elected as vice chairman.

Bank dealmaking is no place for vanity, MidSouth CEO Rusty Cloutier says. Sellers need to get real about their prospects, and buyers and sellers need to look beyond face value and short-term valuations, he says in a Q&A.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has lifted an agreement against Stillwater National Bank and Trust in Payne, Okla.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco is planning to raise $150 million through a preferred stock offering.

Problem loans continue to haunt Riverview Bancorp (RVSB). The Vancouver, Wash., company on Friday restated its results from last quarter and increased its loan-loss provision for the third time in recent months.

The veteran football player will join the Lafayette, La., company's advisory board. Delhomme started his pro career with the New Orleans Saints.

Two small Pennsylvania banks — First Priority Financial of Malvern and Affinity Bancorp of Wyomissing — have announced a deal that would create a 10-branch bank outside Philadelphia.

The acquisitive bank in Lafayette, La., benefits from having executives who have lived all over in their careers - but constant relocation can test a marriage, Chief Executive Daryl Byrd says.

As the potential end of unlimited deposit insurance for noninterest bearing accounts nears, industry observer weigh in on what could to happen to those deposits. Some see the Dec. 31 end of the program as a 'litmus test' for Too Big To Fail and an opportunity for smaller banks.

A small Florida bank has refused to sign an enforcement order that would require it to beef up its capital reserves and reduce its risk, and now its state regulator is asking the courts to step in.

Harvard Illinois Bancorp's management and board have prevailed in their proxy battle with an activist investor.

Bank of Kentucky Financial (BKYF) had named Herbert H. Works to succeed Rodney S. Cain as its chairman.

With profits rising to a "post-crisis high," the FDIC says loan balances fell in the first quarter. But with banks selling off loans and balances affected by seasonal factors, the direction of lending growth is unclear.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Corporate One FCU said this afternoon that members of Florida's Southeast Corporate FCU have approved the combination of the two, creating one of the biggest corporates in the country with $5 billion in assets.

Nearly a year after calling off a stock sale that would have sharply diluted the value of its shares, Independent Bank in Ionia, Mich., said it would instead raise capital by selling off a batch of branches.

Prices garnered prior to the crisis have little in common with what banks are worth today or what they will likely be worth in the future. Yet boards and managers remain irrationally fixated on outdated, irrelevant valuations.

Cardinal Bankshares' yearlong battle with an activist investor ended with a deadlocked board, an ousted chairman and a lot of uncertainty. The biggest challenge for all parties is determining who is in charge.

Intermountain Community Bancorp had hoped to raise up to $8.7 million from existing shareholders, but the Sandpoint, Idaho, company only got 40% of the way there.

The Federal Reserve Board has posted a video reminding borrowers that they may be eligible for compensation if they were harmed by the foreclosure process in 2009 or 2010.

Howard Bancorp in Ellicott City, Md., is looking to raise up to $12.8 million through a combined stock sale and private placement and it intends to use at least some of the proceeds to pursue acquisitions.