Alan Kline

Most banks take a one-size-fits-all approach to their branching strategies rather than tailor products and services to each branch based on the needs of individual markets.

Most banks have eliminated bonuses, but thanks to stock options a dozen top executives raked in seven figures last year, according to SNL.

A week after opening its first full-service branch in the United Kingdom, Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, Calif., has committed to lend as much as $100 million to Irish companies over the next five years.

Premier Community Bank in Marion, Wis., announced Tuesday that it is expanding into central Wisconsin with a deal to buy four branches from Baylake Bank (BYLK) of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Alliance Data Systems (ADS) in Dallas announced Tuesday that it is buying the credit card portfolio of the retailer Bon-Ton Stores.

In a positive sign for bank stocks, Russell Investment Group has added 25 banks to its index of 3,000 publicly traded companies while removing just three banks from its influential list.

Jacksonville Bancorp (JAXB) in Florida announced Monday that its president and chief executive, Price W. Schwenck, has retired and that its board has named veteran banker Stephen C. Green as his successor.

BancAlliance , a Chevy Chase, Md., asset management firm that helps small banks team up on large commercial loans, has raised $150 million in new capital that it will use to expand its lending network.

MidSouth Bancorp (MSL) in Lafayette, La., announced Monday that it is buying two branches in Baton Rouge from rival Hancock Holding (HBHC).

BB&T (BBT) Chief Executive Kelly King urged his fellow bankers Monday to vote against politicians who favor more regulation of the private sector and replace them with leaders who have more faith in the free markets.

First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI) in Itasca, Ill., has named Thomas M. Prame its director of retail banking, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for the bank's 100-branch network and oversee the expansion and development of its retail products and services.

Two payday lenders have filed suit against the city of Austin, Texas, claiming that new regulations restricting where payday lenders can operate and how much they can lend to one borrower violate state laws.

With Congress nearing a vote on a new Farm Bill that will set agricultural policy for the next five years, the banking industry is urging lawmakers to resist efforts to weaken the federal crop insurance program.

A Dallas-area investment group has applied to become a bank holding company so it could acquire a small bank outside of Austin.

A planned merger between two southern California banks has yet to close a year after the deal was announced because regulators have yet to approve it.

The 2008 bailout program may have worked as intended, but Wells Fargo's Former CEO still insists it did more harm than good.

The Treasury Department has successfully sold off its shares in seven more community banks as part of its ongoing effort to wind down the four-year-old Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, announced Thursday that electronics payment pioneer Peter J. Kight has joined its board of directors.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, continues to bet big on in-store branches.

The asset management firm Lazard (LAZ) announced Wednesday that it has elected former Citigroup (NYSE:C) Chairman Richard D. Parsons to its board of directors.