A Democratic-backed bill that represents the most sweeping response yet to the problem of gambling addiction would ban the use of credit cards in sports gambling.

Mifflinburg Bancorp and Northumberland Bancorp would combine to create a $1.3 billion-asset bank in the Susquehanna Valley market.

After the bank's 2014 spinoff from Royal Bank of Scotland, its executives worked to shore up weaknesses. Now they're concentrating on how to close the gap with regional banking peers.

The $17 billion-asset Suffolk-based company is convinced paying $120 million for an in-state rival is a more productive use of capital than share buybacks

ESL Federal Credit Union's plan to acquire Generations Bancorp marks the 16th deal this year in which a credit union plans to acquire a bank. While controversial, such transactions are swelling in number.

Bank of America is planning to open 165 new branches by the end of 2026. As brick-and-mortar locations remain critical for adding new customer accounts, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are also making targeted additions to their branch networks.

The suit was filed by three New Jersey residents who alleged that BofA froze their prepaid debit cards during a pandemic-era fraud wave, blocking them from accessing unemployment benefits.

After doing "some really intensive thinking," the Buffalo-area lender said it found the partner it was looking for in the Norwich, New York-based NBT Bancorp.

If companies want to keep partnering with banks to build innovative financial services, they need to stop thinking about regulation as their partner banks' problems and start being part of the solution.