Premier Financial Bancorp Inc. in Huntington, W.Va., is planning to consolidate three of its four subsidiary banks as part of its ongoing effort to build scale, lower its compliance costs and improve its overall efficiency.

First Security Group, headed by Michael Kramer, has added three executives and a board member as it digs its way out from under a regulatory consent order.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chairman Marty Gruenberg said regulators are seeking to keep community banks vibrant.

First National Bank of the Gulf Coast has implemented a paperless system and other improvements as it looks for its first profitable quarter.

CapStar Bank has agreed to buy certain assets and liabilities from another Tennessee bank, making CapStar’s second acquisition in the past week.

Waccamaw Bankshares scored a minor victory tied to a 2010 capital infusion, though its president said the result only buys time to explore "strategic alternatives."

Town and Country Financial Corp. in Springfield. Ill., is combining its two bank subsidiaries that it has operated as separate entities for nearly three decades.

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A judge has approved Bank of Hawaii's deal to pay $9 million to settle a class action involving overdraft fees.

Raymond James Financial Inc.'s offering of 10.5 million shares, including 1 million shares offered by selling stockholders, priced at a 2% discount to its Tuesday closing price.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday they are extending the deadline for borrowers to request an independent foreclosure review under the consent orders signed by 14 mortgage servicers last April.

Another day, another acquisition for deal-happy Wintrust Financial Corp.

Newly-named chief credit officer Dennis Dysart has filled most major posts at First National in Strasburg, Va., including five months as its interim CEO.

The San Antonio, Texas bank blasted excessive federal regulation in announcing it will replace its federal charter with a state one.

Carver Bancorp Inc. in New York reported a loss of $700,000 for its fiscal third quarter, as the recapitalized company took steps to mark down its problems assets.

The insurance unit of Encore Bancshares Inc. of Houston has acquired Whittington Insurance Agency in League City, Texas.

A unit of SI Financial Group Inc. in Willimantic, Conn., is selling its trust operations outsourcing business to an Atlanta wealth management company.

The $77.6 million HomeStreet Inc. expects to raise in its initial public offering would go a long way toward improving its capital levels but not far enough to satisfy a regulatory order.

The Federal Reserve has reached a written agreement with Commerce Bancshares Inc. in Franklin, Tenn.

Investors would be interested in buying Emigrant's 32 New York branches if the price is right and a deal can be done soon, Investors CEO Cummings says, according to a report.