The head of California United Bank in Encino, David Rainer, was appointed to the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, California United announced Thursday.

Financial Institutions Inc. in Warsaw, N.Y., plans to raise $40 million of fresh capital through a public stock offering.

Illinois regulators are swinging their hammers again, but this time, their targets are better equipped to take the blow.

The interchange provision included in the Dodd-Frank Act that theoretically acts as an exemption is an illusion. It will not work and cannot be made to work.

Large banks' overall funding advantage continued to drift down through the fourth quarter, but some of the narrowing could reflect lagged repricing in small banks’ time deposit portfolios.

While most lending sectors are still struggling to recover from the financial crisis, regulators are turning a nervous eye to one area that is thriving: agricultural lending.

While the GSEs have become struggling entities in conservatorship with a doubtful future, the structure of the secondary mortgage market remains significant, especially for community banks.

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Chippewa Eagle Federal Credit Union, serving members and employees of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, opened Monday.

Despite rising credit costs, Roma Financial Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings, $100,000 a year earlier, rose to $1.2 million.

Once an aspiring acquirer, Florida Bank Group Inc. in Tampa is now under a Federal Reserve enforcement action.

As loan demand continues to weaken for community banks, third parties are stepping forward, pitching services aimed at connecting banks with prospective borrowers.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh warned Tuesday that a Federal Reserve Board proposal to limit debit interchange fees could hurt banks of all sizes.

Iberiabank Corp. in Lafayette, La., is consolidating various outsourced debit card processing functions with products from Fiserv Inc.

Community Bancorp LLC of Houston has completed its acquisition of Cadence Financial Corp. of Starkville, Miss., with a $144 million investment, the companies announced Monday.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. is selling its 51% stake in Bank of Las Colinas, which would mark its exit from Texas.

California United Bank in Encino reported a net loss of $2.3 million for 2010, compared with net income of $745,000 in 2009.

Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc. said Monday it has appointed an interim successor for its chief financial officer, who died last month following complications from cancer.

Because of much higher share insurance costs for credit unions than for community banks, credit unions will likely find it more difficult to remain competitive.

While states like Washington and Oregon have had their share of failures, there have been several deals to save larger struggling banks there, too. Add Cascade Financial Corp. in Everett, Wash., to that pile.