CNB Financial in Clearfield, Pa., has agreed to buy Lake National Bank in Mentor, Ohio.

A federal judge is urging the parties of a closely watched pot-banking case to settle their dispute.

A federal court has halted and frozen the assets of an operation that the FTC alleges bilked millions of dollars from nonprofit organizations and small businesses through an office supply scam.

A federal court has halted and frozen the assets of an operation that the FTC alleges bilked millions of dollars from nonprofit organizations and small businesses through an office supply scam.

Bank of America will post a $600 million pretax writedown in the fourth quarter as it redeems $2 billion of trust preferred securities tied to its 2009 acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

The $390.1 million-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that it has agreed to sell common stock to institutional investors led by Patriot Financial Partners.

If dead men tell no tales, that makes identity theft of deceased account holders all the harder for card issuers to combat, particularly when the perpetrators are bank insiders.

Cortland Bancorp in Cortland, Ohio, is set to add a pair of former bankers to its board.

Far from the madding crowd, the GE spinoff Synchrony runs an innovation lab in Stamford, Conn., that is buzzing with pragmatic projects and a culture that promotes collaboration and quick execution of new ideas.

If dead men tell no tales, that makes identity theft of deceased account holders all the harder for card issuers to combat, particularly when the perpetrators are bank insiders.

Calumet Bancorp. in Chilton, Wis., has agreed to buy Calumet Bancshares in Brillion, Wis.

The banking group, already irate over a plan to drastically change the timing of loan-loss provisions, is blasting remarks by FASB Chairman Russell Golden linking community banks to the financial crisis. FASB, meanwhile, said the comments were meant to be a criticism of current credit loss models — not banks.

The $1.3 billion-asset company said in a press release that CEO Stephen Wilson will retire at the end of the year.

The company badly missed Wall Street estimates in the third quarter, prompting management to ramp up plans to cut costs. Mariner Kemper, in a wide-ranging interview, discussed those challenges while also addressing key changes among his executive ranks.

Once billed as a safer alternative to traditional finance, the new crop of tech-powered lenders is starting to resemble previous generations of finance companies whose fortunes rose and fell with each economic cycle.

Talmer Bancorp in Troy, Mich., will record a nearly $14 million charge in the fourth quarter tied to ending its loss-share agreements with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.