Sara Lepro

Questions about M&A are likely to dominate first-quarter conference calls among regional banks in the coming weeks. But beyond the standard "we're open to opportunities" line from executives, the real story will be in the numbers.

The Green Bay, Wis., bank said Friday that it appointed Arthur G. Heise to the newly created position of executive vice president, chief risk officer, to oversee Associated's corporate compliance, loan review, Community Reinvestment Act, risk and financial crime functions.

Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" gets thumbs down from Wells Fargo's marketing department; a name change proves tricky for Bank of Montreal; and more.

More and more bank managers are slowly coming around to the fact that thousands of conversations are occurring online every day about their brands, and not surprisingly, many of them aren't very nice.

Judge Lawrence Piersol of the U.S. District Court for South Dakota has denied the government's motion to dismiss TCF Financial's lawsuit over debit fee regulation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Monday that it will open 100 branches in California this year, bringing total locations in the state to more than 900.

First Horizon National Corp. has agreed to sell its property and casualty insurance unit to Brown & Brown Inc. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but First Horizon said it expects to recognize a gain of $3 million in the first quarter as a result of the deal.

First Horizon National Corp. has agreed to sell its property and casualty insurance unit to Brown & Brown Inc. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but First Horizon said it expects to recognize a gain of $3 million in the first quarter as a result of the deal.

Bank of America Corp. announced Thursday the hiring of Patrick Gorman as chief information security officer.

Straight talk on the Street; former basketball pro Cory Alexander wants to see Bank of America in (not on) court; and more.

On a nationwide basis, unemployment and jobless-claims data have slowly improved. But the metrics vary widely from market to market and, complicating matters, many bank operations, even those of regionals, straddle strong and weak markets.

The New York City Comptroller's office, representing pension funds that own shares in Bank of America, wants the bank's board to review the company's controls for foreclosures.

SunTrust Banks Inc. on Tuesday named Kevin S. Blair head of its Georgia region. He succeeds William B. Haile, who announced plans to retire at the end of April.

Following the lead of other big banks, SunTrust Banks Inc. is ending rewards for its primary debit card.

A growing number of institutional investors are providing financing for individual borrowers alongside the consumers the peer-to-peer platform was built for.

A growing number of institutional investors are providing financing for individual borrowers alongside the consumers the peer-to-peer platform was built for.

Vikram Pandit's reputation rehab continues; an Standard & Poor's analyst's concerns about dividends; banking industry gets good gay-friendly marks; and more.

Bank of America Corp.'s assurance to investors two weeks ago that it would return more capital to them in the year's second half has come back to bite the bank, and may have even hurt its chances of increasing the quarterly dividend payout.

Some large banks are giving their customers more of a role in their charitable giving.

Many big banks have been stepping up their philanthropic efforts, zeroing in on efforts to combat the devastating effects of the recession — but not necessarily with dollars.