West Bancorp. recently took out a loan to buy back 8% of its common stock, while BNC Bancorp used borrowed funds to exit Tarp.

Security State Bank has agreed to buy Security State Bank in a deal that could eliminate some brand confusion in central Iowa.

Parallon, a healthcare industry business and operational services provider, announced this week that it will acquire The Outsource Group, a healthcare revenue cycle management firm.

PNC Financial Services, the second-largest U.S. regional bank, faces the same decision on its 21 percent stake in BlackRock that confronts many individual investors: sell or hold?

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Morrill Bancshares in Merriam, Kan.

After spending recent years repairing its balance sheet, Hanmi Financial (HAFC) is again looking to grow. To do so, it's eyeing markets that Korean-American lenders have traditionally neglected.

Shareholders took a big gamble that Atlantic Coast Financial in Florida can raise enough capital to save itself when they rejected a buyout offer. There are more funds to be had these days, but they are harder to get, experts warn.

Four Corners Community Bank in Farmington, N.M., has agreed to buy Citizens State Bank of Cortez in Colorado.

The private equity firm Milestone Partners has sold Mariner Finance, a former division of Baltimore's First Mariner Bancorp.

United Community Financial in Youngstown, Ohio, has raised $5 million of capital and announced plans to reshuffle the executive team at its bank.

John Thain, chief executive officer of CIT Group, said the logic of selling his company to a larger bank is "obvious," while declining to comment on whether such a deal has been discussed.

DBA International has issued a Request for Proposals seeking qualified independent third-party auditing firms to provide compliance audits related to DBA’s Debt Buyer Certification Program.

Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest lender by assets, will consider acquisitions of as much as C$5 billion ($4.9 billion) as it seeks to expand its wealth- management unit, Chief Financial Officer Janice Fukakusa said.

Renasant and First M&F have lifted the curtain on certain aspects of their planned merger as part of a tentative settlement of a shareholder lawsuit.

Carl Chaney says his relocation recognizes that the Big Easy is a major part of the Gulfport, Miss., company's growth strategy.

Companies that purchase delinquent accounts secured an estimated $230 million in default judgments against New Yorkers in 2011, according to a report from the New Economy Project, but failed to prove they owned the debt in a majority of cases.

Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI) in Dallas has announced its CEO succession plan. Keith Cargill, 60, will become president and chief executive of the $10 billion-asset company when current chief George Jones, 69, retires at yearend.

Eastern Virginia Bankshares (EVBS) in Tappahannock has extended the deadline for a pending rights offering.