The $100 million invested in EverBank Financial Corp. in Jacksonville, Fla., last week is Sageview Capital LP's first bet on the banking sector.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., said Monday that its second-quarter earnings fell 58% from a year earlier, to $841,000.

Encore Bancshares Inc. in Houston said Friday that its second-quarter net income fell 75% from the year earlier, to $481,000, because of higher chargeoffs.

Ronald D. Santo said last week that he plans to retire as the group president of MB Financial Bank of Chicago and vice president of its parent, MB Financial Inc., on Sept. 19.

Shares of Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida tumbled Friday after it reported a second-quarter loss of $21.3 million, or $1.12 a share.

UCBH Holdings Inc. in San Francisco said Friday that second-quarter net income fell 73% from a year earlier, to $7.7 million, or 7 cents a share, because of a higher provision for residential construction loans and a writedown in its investment portfolio.

East West Bancorp Inc. in Pasadena, Calif., surprised analysts with a $25.9 million loss for the second quarter, due to an $85 million provision for dicey residential construction and land development loans.

The severe credit issues that have beset so many California lenders have spread to the Pacific Northwest.

Few banking companies have been bold enough to talk about the future with as much optimism as Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. in Flint, Mich.

Federal Trust Corp. in Sanford, Fla., has been given more time by the Office of Thrift Supervision to raise capital or sell itself.

Sterling Bancorp of New York said Thursday that second-quarter net income rose 15% from a year earlier, to $4.2 million, on loan growth and a higher net interest margin.

AmericanWest Bancorp in Spokane said Thursday that it is exploring strategic alternatives after losing $6.2 million, or 36 cents a share, in the second quarter because of bad loans.

As its loan troubles continue to mount, United Community Banks Inc. in Blairsville, Ga., said Thursday that second-quarter earnings dropped 40% from a year earlier, to $7 million, or 15 cents a share.

Pacific Capital Bancorp in Santa Barbara, Calif., said Wednesday that its credit troubles are starting to spread beyond residential construction loans.

A bank focused on protecting the environment plans to open in Philadelphia early next year after raising $2 million in initial capital from 35 investors.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston said second-quarter earnings grew almost 2% from a year earlier, to $23 million, or 52 cents a share.

Capital Corp of the West in Merced, Calif., said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with the Federal Reserve Board to improve its risk management and credit administration practices.

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. of San Antonio said Wednesday that its second-quarter earnings fell 2% from a year earlier, to $52.5 million.

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Capital City Bank Group Inc. in Tallahassee, Fla., said Tuesday that rising nonperforming loans caused its second-quarter earnings to fall 39% from a year earlier, to $4.8 million.