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The Montana company agreed to buy Heritage Bancorp for $241 million.

The first quarter proved sluggish for overall merger activity. Here are notable deals announced in March.

Even before Tim Sloan stepped down as chief executive of the scandal-stung Wells Fargo, the bank had already gotten back into the good graces of the biggest U.S. state.

The Illinois company will pay about $10 million, and redeem $23.5 million in trust-preferred stock, as part of the deal.

Community Bank of the Carolinas must raise about $4 million before becoming the state’s first new bank since the financial crisis.

Freddie Mac exchanged existing bonds from its portfolio for mirror certificates for the first time, completing a key test that is central to the creation of a uniform mortgage-backed security.

A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money.

Alex Sanchez acknowledges that the U.S. has a lot of banks and many failed in the crisis, but he says a healthy economy needs a fresh supply of community lenders to nurture entrepreneurs.

With the National Credit Union Administration board at full strength for the first time in years, here are three areas where the panel can make a big difference for CUs early on.

Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.