Debt buyer Encore Capital Group Inc. financial results for the second quarter showed gains in revenue, net income and gross collections, according to an SEC filing.

Financial technology vendor S1 Corp.'s board of directors has rebuffed an unsolicited acquisition bid from rival ACI Worldwide Inc., signaling its commitment to an existing agreement it has to buy another competitor.

Old National Bancorp's purchase of Integra Bank, its largest competition, is not your usual FDIC failed bank deal, and could be considered subtraction by addition.

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The Buffalo bank worked too hard during the crisis years to put its efforts "in harm's way," Koelmel said.

In an otherwise down day for bank stocks, shares of Old National Bancorp rose sharply Monday after the Evansville, Ind., company reported strong earnings for the second quarter and added dozens of new branches with its acquisition of a failed bank.

Buffalo bank's deal for 195 HSBC branches will require raising capital, divesting and integrating technology. Execs insist it’s all manageable.

Just-in-time investing could be the next big thing in private equity investing, headed by Warburg Pincus in New York.

PNC Chief Rohr has "no interest" in Regions or SunTrust after RBC deal, Stifel Nicolaus analyst says.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has ordered three community banks hobbled by losses on real estate loans to raise fresh capital or merge with other banks.

HSBC plans to sell just under half of its retail banking branches in the U.S. to First Niagara Bank for an estimated $1 billion. Most of the 195 branches to be sold are in upstate New York, while six are in Connecticut.

Discover Financial Services' strategy to diversify beyond credit cards suffered a setback as the lender's deal to buy $1.1 billion in banking deposits from Allstate Corp. has fallen through.

The paper quotes First Niagara CEO John Koelmel as saying it will eventually have to do a capital raise to support the larger balance sheet. Antitrust issues may also arise, FT says.

HSBC, which has been scaling back its U.S. operations, struck a deal to sell 195 retail banking branches to First Niagara Financial for $1 billion in cash, the companies said Sunday.

Asset Acceptance Capital Corp., a Warren, Mich.-based debt buyer, reported Friday cash collections for the second quarter ended June 30 increased 5.9% compared to the year-ago period to $89.2 million.

Toronto-Dominion Bank, which doubled its branch count over the past six years through a U.S. expansion, plans to cut expense growth by as much as half to offset a slowdown in its home market.

Integra Bank in Evansville, Ind., was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, after fighting to survive for nearly two years.

After ripping off 11 straight quarters of losses, the Blairsville, Ga., company reported a second-period profit last week. That turned heads.

SCBT Financial Corp. in Columbia, S.C., which bought a failed bank and raised capital in February, on Friday posted its best quarterly results in two years.

Integration of rare find in Texas could be done by yearend, and Comerica will be "regimented" about future expansion, Babb says.