Colin Wilhelm

The new owners of First Mariner Bank believe the Baltimore bank could return to profitability in the first quarter.

Banc of California has completed its acquisition of the Southern California branch network of Popular Community Bank.

Central Bancshares in Muscatine, Iowa, has agreed to buy Buffalo Prairie State Bank in Buffalo Prairie, Ill.

NCR's updating its NCR Silver point of sale system to support Bitcoin transactions as retailer acceptance of virtual currency starts to accelerate.

Payveris has hired financial services technology veteran Jeff Weikert as president, as the technology company adds new services designed to make smaller financial institutions more competitive with alternative startups.

BBVA Compass is planning to direct $11 billion to lower-income communities. The $76 billion-asset company’s pledge includes $6.2 billion to small businesses and $1.8 billion in community development loans.

Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles reported higher quarterly earnings as organic loan growth and an acquisition offset significant margin pressure.

U.S. Bank, which has been aggressively building business payments technology, is adding Viewpost’s electronic invoice and payment network to the bank's website.

As banks struggle to make sense of their wealth of customer information, the burgeoning industry of online marketplace lending is finding novel ways to glean insights from unconventional data points.

Remittance provider TelUPay is relying a local ATM network to reach the substantial remittance payments market in Indonesia.

Industry veteran David Applegate will serve as CEO of Common Securitization Solutions LLC, the new firm co-owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop a common securitization platform for the mortgage secondary market.

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., and First Business Financial Services in Madison, Wis., were among a sizable group of banking companies that completed acquisitions in recent days.

AnchorBank in Madison, Wis., has agreed to sell its Richland Center retail branch to The Peoples Community Bank.

Ingo Money, which specializes in digitizing check payments, has entered an agreement to buy Salt Lake City-based Fuze Network, which handles cash loads for credit, debit and prepaid accounts.

MB Financial in Chicago saw its earnings dip thanks mainly to costs associated with its acquisition of Taylor Capital Group.

Profits at United Bankshares soared in the third quarter thanks largely to a recent acquisition, but credit quality weakened slightly as several commercial borrowers struggled to repay their loans.

While banks almost universally offer mobile services, such as smartphone apps or mobile-friendly websites, their customers have been slow to use them, according to an American Banker/SourceMedia Research white paper.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, reported lower quarterly earnings due to higher operation expenses and credit costs.

South State Corp. in Columbia, S.C., struggled to increase earnings but held expenses in check after a major acquisition.

First Guaranty Bancshares in Hammond, La., has filed for a $75 million initial public offering.