The Rhode Island company had barely opened the doors of its Fairfield County mortgage office when management started getting pushed about making a bigger splash. For now, CEO Joseph MarcAurele seems content to keep one toe in the water.

Doral Financial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has provided the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. with its capital restoration and contingency plans.

EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., reported higher quarterly profit due to an uptick in residential lending.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., reported quarterly earnings that held steady as higher fee revenues offset rising operating expenses.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, reported lower quarterly earnings due to higher operation expenses and credit costs.

UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo., reported higher quarterly profit on strong commercial lending.

A former Georgia community banker who faked his own death two years ago was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 30 years in prison for committing fraud that led to a bank's failure.

Trustmark Corp. in Jackson Miss., reported a rise in quarterly profit that benefited from a larger loan portfolio.

The $6.4 billion-asset bank said in a press release Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Aperture Media Partners, a film financing company in Los Angeles, to provide loans to the entertainment industry.

Community banks in the Northeast have gotten healthier in the past year, and loan growth has nearly doubled. Now OCC officials are worried that banks may be overstretching to protect their thin profit margins.

First Citizens BancShares in Raleigh, N.C. reported a significant decline in quarterly earnings due to a higher loan-loss provision and increased operating costs.

The $44 billion-asset specialty lender viewed its pending purchase of OneWest Bank as its way to get significantly over the $50 billion threshold for systemically important financial institutions. But CIT CEO John Thain is all for a proposal that would raise the SIFI bar higher.

The CFPB and other agencies are expected to take a hammer to banks' lucrative overdraft fee business, saying that it is a form of short-term credit akin to payday loans. Some banks see the writing on the wall and have made changes, but others have lagged.

Flushing Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., reported higher quarterly earnings driven by securities gains and improved asset quality.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, reported higher quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations despite margin pressure.

South State Corp. in Columbia, S.C., struggled to increase earnings but held expenses in check after a major acquisition.

Board members at smaller banks tend to dismiss the importance of the annual self-assessment process. But as board governance attracts growing regulatory scrutiny, directors should embrace the chance to identify areas for improvement.

The mortgage industry has to prepare for a new breed of salesperson in millennials - that's if they can get them interested in the first place.

S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., reported higher quarterly profit that benefited from loan growth and improved asset quality.

Cheviot Financial in Cincinnati has agreed to add a director recommended by activist investor Seidman Group.