The only CEO in the history of Kaiser Federal Bank in Covina, Calif., is stepping down at the end of this month.

Signaling its intention to continue growing in Florida, Stearns Bank in St. Cloud, Minn., has named veteran banker Tramm Hudson as president of its Florida operation.

Striking its second deal in three months, Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., said it is buying the $682 million-asset RMG Capital of Fullerton, Calif., for $50 million in cash.

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The former chief executive of Community Link Federal Credit Union in Huntington, Ind., claims he was fired as head of the $20 million-asset credit union because he shared information with examiners for the National Credit Union Administration on potential conflicts of interest on the board and other regulatory violations.

Data on bank branch deals announced so far this year shows a median deposit premium of 4%, an improvement of more than 60 basis points from the levels of the last two years.

The president of the Kansas City Fed sat down with American Banker to talk about a range of topics, including the missed opportunity to eliminate 'too big to fail' in Dodd-Frank.

Johnson Bank in Racine, Wis., has a new chief executive officer for the second time in less than six months.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s push into California is a blessing or a curse, depending whom you ask, but it is definitely having a competitive impact.

Upstart Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., is embarking on an ambitious branch expansion plan to go along with is acquisition of a Seattle-area bank.

Two weeks after announcing plans to open its first retail branch in Los Angeles County, First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. in Chula Vista, Calif., has struck its deal to buy a bank there.

Pacific Capital Bank has ditched its name and is consolidating its five separately branded banks under the name Santa Barbara Bank & Trust N.A.

Frontier State Bank's continuing legal battle with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is gaining more attention from other revenue-starved banks.

Ohio's Liberty Savings Bank is exiting its home state and selling its 16 branches there to First Financial Bancorp of Cincinnati, tripling First Financial's footprint in Dayton.

The closure Friday of the $208 million-asset Atlantic Bank and Trust in Charleston, S.C., was estimated to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $36 million.

The closure Friday of the $208 million-asset Atlantic Bank and Trust in Charleston, S.C., was estimated to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $36 million.

Community bankers are urging lawmakers to pressure the IRS into withdrawing a proposed rule requiring banks to report interest paid on deposit accounts of nonresidents.

Community bankers are urging lawmakers to pressure the Internal Revenue Service into withdrawing a proposed rule that would require U.S. banks to report to the IRS any interest paid on deposit accounts of nonresident aliens.

Ohio's Liberty Savings Bank is exiting its home state and selling its 16 branches there to First Financial Bancorp of Cincinnati, tripling First Financial's footprint in Dayton.

Banks thinking of scaling back loyalty programs should carefully weigh how to do it, because getting it wrong can alienate customers, even if they're still getting something for free.