BankUnited shares fall on downgrade (Miami Herald) Shares of BankUnited Financial Corp., the Coral Gables-based lender ordered by regulators to raise money or lose its ''well-capitalized'' status, fell 19 percent after Stifel Nicolaus & Co. said it may be unable to survive.

Bank of China denies supporting terrorists (China Daily) Bank of China (BOC), China's third-largest commercial lender by assets, has denied accusations that it transferred money to terrorist groups, and has said it will defend itself against a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.

S.F. lender to students is clearing out (San Francisco Chronicle) Education Finance Partners, one of the companies at the center of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation into student-lending practices last year, has abruptly ceased making loans and is clearing out of its San Francisco headquarters. The...

Toronto-Dominion Third-Quarter Net Falls on Bad Loans (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Toronto-Dominion Bank , Canada's second-largest lender by assets, said profit fell for the second straight quarter and missed analysts' estimates as more borrowers fell behind on loans.

Audit shows China's government mismanaged $6.7 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Chinese central government departments misused or mismanaged more than 46 billion yuan ($6.73 billion) last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices and diverting funds to speculate in stocks, the National Audit Office said on Thursday.

Your Money: Handling relatives’ loan requests (The Des Moines Register) “ ‘Loaning’ money to any relative without defining the specific terms for repayment is not a loan -- it’s a gift!” says Mary Riche, a counselor.

People's United Seeks Acquisitions, Borrowers to `Cherry-Pick' (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- People's United Financial Corp. , the largest New England-based lender, is seeking acquisitions after steering clear of the subprime-mortgage market, and can ``cherry- pick'' borrowers abandoned by cash-strapped banks.

Spain May Suffer From ECB Loan Curbs as Economy Cools (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's economy, brought to the brink of a recession by surging global credit costs, may find money even harder to come by when the European Central Bank tightens its lending practices.

Investors' rights problematic for Mortgages Ltd. (The Arizona Republic) Investor rights are complicating efforts to find more money for the stalled Centerpoint project.

The Dresdner Dilemma (Forbes) Allianz has a tough decision to make between selling its banking division to to Commerzbank, or to a Chinese lender.