RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU is partnering with the North Carolina Botanical Gardens to develop landscaping templates for SECU’s 235 branches using only North Carolina native plants.

Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-largest U.S. bank, agreed to pay Freddie Mac $395 million to resolve potential future repurchase claims tied to mortgages.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s (JPM) negotiations with federal and state authorities to resolve a series of investigations tied to mortgage bonds is focusing on a potential $11 billion figure, including $4 billion for consumer relief.

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) in Stuart, Fla., has been released from all enforcement actions with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Home Federal Bancorp was looking for ways to grow its earning assets as the benefits of FDIC loss shares from two failed-bank deals faded. Lacking good prospects, it decided to sell itself to Banner Corp. More banks could find themselves in the same boat.

The FHA is expected to announce at the end of this month that it will need a bailout for the first time in its 79-year history.

First Security Group (FSGI) in Chattanooga, Tenn., has completed a $5 million rights offering. The offering followed the company's April recapitalization, in which it raised $91.1 million from institutional and other accredited investors.

The Justice Department is pressuring banks under investigation for their ties to online lenders to reach a settlement soon, according to four industry sources familiar with the matter.

A fair-housing group is trying to crank up the pressure on Bank of America to settle claims that the bank discriminated against minorities by failing to maintain foreclosed properties.

Community banks in the South have gotten healthier this year as a whole, but many of them have seen a slowdown in lending, according to a quarterly analysis by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

A Glendale, Calif.-based owner of two collection agencies will pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his employees used text messages to try collecting debts - without disclosing they were debt collectors.

Pacific Continentalin Eugene, Ore., has named a new head for its operations around Seattle.

Customer complaints, compliance and risk management all continue to make it difficult for community banks to embrace sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Banks can report suspected elder financial abuse to authorities without violating privacy provisions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, according to guidance issued by seven federal regulators Tuesday.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded its auto-finance business into its 17th state.

Five years after the financial crisis, the new regulatory regime remains a work in progress but one that's created a major burden for the industry. Here are some of the main takeaways from banking leaders and policymakers who gathered this week to discuss the state of affairs at American Banker's Regulatory Symposium in Washington, D.C.

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United Security Bancshares in Thomasville, Ala., has recruited its next chief financial officer from Regions Financial.

The $4.24 billion-asset Banner said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Home Federal Bancorp (HOME) in Nampa, Idaho, for $197 million in cash and stock.

The $979 million-asset company plans to offer up to 1.4 million shares of common stock at $19 per share, according to a Sept. 12 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.