BancorpSouth (BXS) of Tupelo, Miss., is coming off its strongest quarter in two years as improved asset quality and modest growth in fee income more than offset declining loan revenue.

Loan-loss provisions keep plummeting at community banks, as credit trends improve and a need for protective stockpiles subsides. The drop has contributed to some community banks beating analysts’ profit estimates for the first quarter.

Truman Bank of St. Louis has been undercapitalized since late last year and the Federal Reserve Board has issued a Prompt Corrective Action order saying said it has 90 days to either bolster its capital levels or find a buyer.

PrivateBancorp (PVTB) in Chicago reported first-quarter earnings of $10.8 million, up 44% from a year earlier, as credit costs fell and the company collected more fees.

Shares of UMB Financial (UMBF) hit a 52-week high Tuesday after the Kansas City, Mo., company reported a record $46.4 million profit in the first quarter, a 50% increase from the same period last year.

Synovus Financial (SNV) is coming off its most profitable quarter in four years and now everyone wants to know when the Columbus, Ga., company plans to repay the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Aided by strong loan growth, Signature Bank (SBNY) in New York reported first-quarter net income of $42.4 million, up more than 22% from a year earlier.

The acquisition would add 15 branches and deepen penetration in key markets.

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Roberto Herencia, chairman of First Bancorp in Puerto Rico and an ex-CEO of Banco Popular North America, is the investment group's leader.

Almost three months after spooking investors with plans to restate 2010 and most of 2011, Enterprise Financial Services in St. Louis might be working its way back into their good graces.

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Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) originated and sold off more residential mortgages in the first-quarter, which helped boost profits by about 49%, to $7.6 million, from a year earlier.

Solid revenue growth and continued improvement in credit quality led Banner Corporation (BANR) in Walla Walla, Wash., to its most profitable quarter in at least five years.

The executives of United Western Bank filed a motion for summary judgment that also spares no criticism of how the OTS handled the Denver thrift's failure in early 2011. The motion claims that the now-defunct regulator closed the thrift despite evidence that management had just raised $200 million in life-saving capital.

Reduced expenses and a lower provision for credit losses helped boost West Coast Bancorp's first-quarter net income by nearly 14% from the same period last year, to $5.4 million.

Buyers and sellers still cannot agree on price, the heads of six acquisition-minded banks said in first-quarter earnings calls.

A number of banks are asking shareholders to convert preferred shares to common stock to lift tangible common equity ratios.

You've heard the philosophical question: If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?