News Topic: Capital

The company said it could use the proceeds to fund acquisitions and to make more loans. ... Read full article

His Berkshire Hathaway exercised 6-year-old warrants to buy 700 million shares at an $11.5 billion discount. ... Read full article

Heartland Bank had been operating under a regulatory order from the Fed since December. ... Read full article

In the coming year, bankers in Puerto Rico will need to keep an eye on how steep cuts in government spending will affect the island’s consumers, says José Rafael Fernández, CEO of OFG Bancorp. ... Read full article

Studio Bank aims to become the first de novo in Nashville in nearly a decade. ... Read full article

Former lawyer Kenneth Lehman will pay at least $10 million for a controlling stake in ABB Financial in Atlanta. ... Read full article

Home will add 12 branches and nearly $600 million in assets when it completes the acquisition. ... Read full article

In anticipation of future changes, bank regulators will allow all but the largest banks to avoid a planned phase-in of 2013 capital rules. ... Read full article

Post-election euphoria tamped down M&A talk as bankers were hopeful that reform would justify staying independent. But there are signs bankers are getting restless. ... Read full article

The $1.5 billion-asset company agreed to buy Southern Missouri Bancshares to expand into two strategically important markets. ... Read full article

The Alabama company agreed to buy FirstAtlantic Financial for $108 million. ... Read full article

Three years after guiding the Baltimore bank through bankruptcy, the group that recapitalized it found a similar institution eager to form a new partnership. ... Read full article

The Baltimore bank, which was on the brink of failure before a group recapitalized it, is selling itself to Howard Bancorp. ... Read full article

Like many banks its size, CenterState in Florida may need to venture out of state to find a big enough acquisition to make additional compliance costs worthwhile. ... Read full article

The Florida company will pay nearly $600 million to buy HCBF Holding and Sunshine Bancorp. ... Read full article

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas has successfully taken chances on out-of-state acquisitions, factoring and other nontraditional strategies that many of its peers have avoided. ... Read full article

The ranks of mutually owned banks are in decline. Survivors say sharper marketing, better access to capital and lower barriers to entry could stop the bleeding. ... Read full article

The Texas company agreed to buy Liberty Bancshares on the same day it completed its purchase of the $1 billion-asset Sovereign Bancshares. ... Read full article