On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Heartland said the sales will allow it to focus on other operations.

The tricky part: raising awareness without appearing to take advantage of borrowers at a time when agencies like the SBA are out of commission.

Financial institutions of all sizes are offering low- or zero-rate loans, waiving fees and making other arrangements to aid federal workers — a practice that regulators officially blessed on Friday, the 21st day of the closing of many U.S. agencies.

The American Bankers Association has called for an end to the government shutdown, saying it has prevented customers from securing loans and threatens even more damage.

Robotic process automation is said to have a high return on investment, but adopting it on a large scale has proven challenging, especially at community banks.

The North Carolina company agreed to pay $38 million in cash for First South Bancorp.

Shareholder approval, usually a formality, is far from guaranteed when an acquirer's share price is sliding.

Silver River Community Bank is the fifth de novo in Florida to apply with the FDIC in the last three years.

Tom Meuser, the chairman of El Dorado Savings in California, said he could not get the necessary two-thirds backing from his shareholders because of recent declines in bank stock prices.

The 10 startups will receive initial investments, mentoring and training as part of the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator.

Deposit premiums for bank mergers, which topped 10% in 2018 for the first time in years, are expected to keep rising as competition for cheap funding intensifies.

In venturing into what's normally a province of large banks, nbkc in Kansas City, Mo., discovered innovative tax-management and other products that it could offer to its own customers or sell to other banks.

George Scharpf had been the New Jersey bank's leader since 1981.

The $128 million acquisition will provide First Financial with its first branches in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Northeast Bancorp also expects the move to make it more efficient.

River Road Financial has agreed to buy Mississippi River Bank in a deal that will bring in a new CEO.

Organizers are planning to raise up to $25 million for Tandem Bank.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Slumping stock prices may force banks to press pause, but the need for low-cost deposits and scale could provide a spark later this year.