Open architecture - pitching other companies' products alongside or instead of one's own - has become standard practice for banks in lines like investment and insurance products.

Capitol Bancorp in Lansing, Mich., announced Wednesday that it has hired Clinton D. Dunn as a regional president to help the $3.7 billion-asset company grow in Texas.

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Some banks pay hefty prices for the naming rights to sports stadiums. Renasant Corp. in Tupelo, Miss., is attaching its handle to a much different enterprise.

First Internet Bancorp plans to acquire the $65.7 million-asset Landmark Financial Corp. of Indianapolis for $12 million in cash.

Wainwright Bank and Trust Co. in Boston is known for its socially progressive philosophy: It has two new "green" branches, lends money to homeless shelters, and targets the gay community.

Just four days after closing its first acquisition, the $764 million-asset Bancshares of Florida Inc. said it is scooping up another rival.

Mercantile Bancorp Inc. of Quincy, Ill., plans to spend $12.4 million to build a new headquarters in its hometown for its largest subsidiary, Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines said its second-quarter earnings rose 4.2% from the first quarter, to $22.2 million.

M&T Bank Corp. of Buffalo, which recently bought 21 Citibank branches, has identified five branches it will close to eliminate overlap.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in Lockport, N.Y., and its First Niagara Bank cut the size of their boards by a third, to 10.

An Arkansas attorney for immigrant chicken farmers has filed multiple lawsuits against three southern banks in recent months, and more could be on the way.

Looking to cut costs after a string of money-losing quarters, First Ipswich Bancorp in Massachusetts agreed to sell its trust department to Eastern Bank of Boston.

Shares of Flushing Financial Corp. have rallied in recent days, after a Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP analyst upgraded them and said they were cheap relative to other thrift stocks.

Patriot National Bancorp Inc. of Stamford, Conn., announced Thursday that its second-quarter earnings jumped 45% from a year earlier, to $508,000.

Lafayette Federal Credit Union's bid to convert to a mutual savings bank has touched off a fresh round of controversy in the long-running debate over credit union conversions.

Sun American Bancorp in Miami said Hugo Castro is stepping down as its president but would remain with the $321 million-asset company as a lending officer.

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The nation's credit unions picked up about 900,000 members and about $18 billion of assets in the first half, according to a report by the National Credit Union Administration.