With a litany of bipartisan reasons to oppose FATCA, ranging from privacy and sovereignty to U.S. economic competitiveness, it is startling that the legislation has advanced as far as it has.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., plans to close approximately 10% of its branches in an effort to improve efficiency.

It's hard to believe but true: more than 700 banks maintained a pristine Camels 1 rating throughout the six-year period bracketing the financial crisis. New Fed research shows why.

The death of branches appears to be greatly exaggerated, but they are changing. American Banker editors discuss how two banks that are leading the way, Wells Fargo and Umpqua, are downsizing and rejiggering their bricks and mortar presence.

Customers Bancorp sold $103.5 million of common stock in a public offering.

The chief financial officer of Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, has left to take the same position at KeyCorp (KEY) in Cleveland.

Chemical Financial in Midland, Mich., has filed a shelf registration that allows it to sell up to $100 million of securities over time.

Private-equity groups are looking to cash out their bank holdings given the bullish stock market and bearish outlook for banking. But few will double their money like Warburg Pincus did with its investment in Webster Financial.

A growing number of community banks are hiring consultants to negotiate core processing and IT-service contracts, which are typically among a bank's biggest expenses.

Ron Swanner, the head of South Street Financial, had talking points for every query at a tense annual meeting this week — except for, "where's the dessert?"

Regulators usually shut down banks on Friday nights to minimize disruption. However, no rule says failures have to occur on the sixth day of the week. Here is a look, in pictures, at noteworthy seizures on days other than Friday.

Commerce Bank founder Vernon Hill has lost his bid to collect more than $17 million in back pay from Toronto-Dominion Bank, which bought Commerce in 2007.

Shareholders at HopFed Bancorp have elected a director nominated by a critic of the Hopkinsville, Ky., company's latest acquisition deal.

The board of First Northern Community Bancorp in Dixon, Calif., has elected new leadership.

Gries Investment Fund, a Florida investment group, has canceled plans to buy Southern Commerce Bank in Tampa, according to a newspaper report.

Geoffrey Hesslink, an executive vice president, was promoted to the newly created post, the $1.7 billion-asset company said Tuesday.

Smaller banks may decide now is a good time to go public and raise capital for acquisitions and other growth opportunities.

The Fed on May 15 lifted a 2009 written agreement that barred the $326 million-asset Tysan from taking on debt or repurchasing stock without regulatory approval.