The Buffalo, N.Y., company is content to book loans and cut costs rather than expand aggressively with acquisitions.

Shares of City National rose slightly Friday after the Los Angeles company reported strong first-quarter loan growth and good expense management.

First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) in Buffalo, N.Y., generated higher earnings in its first quarter since the ouster of its chief executive.

Taylor Capital Group's quarterly profit rose as revenue from its mortgage-banking operations remained strong.

Victory Capital Management did not fit with KeyCorp's retail strategy so the Cleveland company decided to sell it and has since asked regulators to let it use capital from the deal to buy back shares, CEO Beth Mooney said.

CrossFirst Holdings in Leawood, Kan., has agreed to buy Tulsa National Bancshares in Oklahoma.

The executive suite at Texan Bank in Sugar Land, Texas, has become a family affair. The $80.7 million-asset bank recently named veteran banker Kenneth Koncaba Jr. chief executive officer.

Expense related to failed bank deals weighed on Simmons First National (SFNC) in Pine Bluff, Ark., in the first quarter.

Fee income and securities sales lifted Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI) in Oak Ridge, N.J., in the first quarter.

Lower yields weighed on People's United Financial (PBCT) in Bridgeport, Conn., in the first quarter.

BB&T announced Thursday that it earned $210 million in the first quarter, compared with $431 million a year earlier, as it took a $281 million charge related to a tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

Boston Private Financial Holdings (BPFH) plans to buy back all of the preferred stock held by its largest investor, the Carlyle Group, for approximately $70 million.

The Pittsburgh company's incoming chief executive, Bill Demchak, promised to follow the strategy laid out by current CEO Jim Rohr and avoid a race to the bottom for commercial loans.

PacWest Bancorp (PACW) in Los Angeles more than doubled its first-quarter profit as it reduced its loan-loss provision by $10 million.

Stubborn regulators. Delays and cancellations. Unpredictable shareholders. Those are just some of the stomach-churning obstacles that have made guts and a bit of luck key ingredients in successful bank dealmaking.

Some bankers are still in denial over how much their industry is disliked and mistrusted, even in the postcrisis, post-Occupy Wall Street era. A panel discussion with Raj Date, Eliot Spitzer and Robert Wolf highlighted how much work remains to be done.

Profit fell slightly at Huntington Bancshares on fewer gains from loan sales last quarter.

ING U.S., the American insurance unit of ING Groep (INGA), plans to raise as much as $1.54 billion in an initial public offering as its Dutch parent focuses on operations at home.

Comerica is generating enough loan growth in its key markets that it is under no pressure to expand through acquisitions, Chairman and Chief Executive Ralph Babb says.

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