The Michigan company will pay $68 million to expand in a high-priority market.

Bank shares are down more than 9% this month; the Fed has never imposed the countercyclical capital buffer before.

The Los Angeles company said it is also looking into internal controls tied to construction lending.

CIT Group will gain nearly $7 billion in low-cost deposits, mostly tied to homeowners associations, as part of the acquisition.

The companies said the merger will provide scale and help them update technology more efficiently.

Margin expansion may grind to a halt if the Fed holds rates steady or cuts them further. The problem is regionals tend to lack the side businesses that the big banks possess to offset lending slumps. Check out our annual ranking of banks with $10 billion to $50 billion of assets.

The St. Joseph, Mich.-based institution faced claims that it didn't properly opt members in to its overdraft program.

A Fed-led working group may pressure Wall Street to adopt SOFR; challenger banks with smartphone-based accounts soar.

Large banks are going from more rural areas to expand in cities like Pittsburgh. Credit unions in the affected markets will have to adapt to survive.

President Trump is expected to sign legislation soon that would expand the number of farmers who could file under the more lenient Chapter 12. Ag lenders are worried because farm bankruptcies recently rose and the trade war with China could worsen.