Integra Bank Corp. of Evansville, Ind., is getting closer scrutiny from its regulator, but there is some debate about how that might affect the $3.6 billion-asset company.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. of Pittsfield, Mass., said Monday that it would not increase its offer to buy CNB Financial Corp., even if that means losing the deal.

Bankers' bank executives have spent much of the last month telling people that Silverton Bank was not one of them, and that its failure was not a harbinger for the sector.

A third company is pursuing CNB Financial Corp. of Worcester, Mass.

Before it failed last week, BankUnited was Florida's largest homegrown banking company, and under John Kanas it intends to stay that way.

Banks are facing a serious tension between costs and service, but you cannot save yourself into prosperity. You have to grow the top line and your margins.

The Small Business Administration will begin in July to guarantee loans that help auto dealers purchase inventory, officials said Thursday.

SOUTHEAST

The capital pressure at Nexity Financial Corp. is mounting, but its top executive says the Birmingham, Ala., company is close to raising what it needs.

In another sign of life for the bank mergers-and-acquisitions market, OceanFirst Financial Corp. has agreed to buy another New Jersey company, Central Jersey Bancorp, for $68.4 million of stock.

Community Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas has agreed to take steps to improve its condition.

If at first you don't succeed … offer more money.

Can saving face help save a struggling bank?

The sale of the failed BankUnited to an investor group may be a turning point for private equity's involvement in the banking sector.

And the winner is … the lower bidder?

Though BankUnited has failed, its name lives on.

It was good to hear Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner state that "community banks play a vital role in our financial system and a central role in our economy."

Western Alliance Bancorp. in Las Vegas has a lot of plans for the $200 million of capital it just raised.

UCBH Holdings Inc. has postponed its annual meeting because it needs to recalculate its first-quarter and 2008 results.