Dicier credit conditions, recession fears and tougher regulatory scrutiny combined to weaken merger activity in 2022. A push for scale is bound to resume when interest rates level off — at least among smaller banks, analysts say.

A group of shareholders in the Dubuque, -Iowa-based bank, including a former chairman and CEO, have agreed to quit advocating for a sale of the $19.7 billion-asset company

In a new survey, executives at banks and credit unions registered the highest level of anxiety about a forthcoming data-collection rule in small-business lending.

The Korean American bank's leader talks about her expansion plans, what she learned from former bosses and how Koreatown, and the community, is changing.

In a survey by J.D. Power, customers of nine large banks expressed their growing unhappiness with service from human employees. Discontent rose the most among consumers under age 40.

First United Bank in Oklahoma developed a personal finance platform with a fintech that appears to be driving a rush of new savings accounts at the bank.

The banks advertised the transaction as a merger of equals, but Shore shareholders would own 60% of the company.

Citigroup said it will wind down its consumer banking business in China, a move that is expected to affect about 1,200 employees in the country.

The app, Magnusmode, includes illustrated instructions for depositing a check, using an ATM and more. M&T Bank was its first U.S. bank partner.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks to invest about $200 million in Akulaku, an Indonesian online lender backed by Jack Ma's Ant Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

The acquisition of Malvern Bancorp in Pennsylvania would provide added heft in suburban Philadelphia markets. It is easily First Bank's largest-ever M&A deal.

Remote deposit capabilities have vastly improved banking services for residents of villages in western Alaska. But unreliable service means some face difficulties when trying to access their banking apps or make payments.

Micron's planned semiconductor chip factory near Syracuse along with IBM's expansion project in the Hudson Valley could inject as much as $120 billion into markets inside the footprint of the combined NBT Bancorp and Salisbury Bancorp. NBT CEO John Watt calls the economic investments a "transformational opportunity" for the region.

Regulators are chastising banks for compliance lapses among their fintech partners. But some say the software companies that connect them share some responsibility.

By March 1, financial institutions that are exempt from federal reporting requirements must provide information to state regulators about how much revenue they collect from overdraft fees.

The institution's Impressia Bank will be dedicated to the professional and financial advancement of women business owners and entrepreneurs.

Nonbanks would have to inform the CFPB of any state or local court decisions against them involving consumer financial products, under a new proposed rule. That information would be pooled with data about federal violations and be made available to the public.

The West Virginia-based Summit would gain 10 branches in Maryland and Delaware through its $54 million agreement to buy PSB Holding Corp.

Goldman Sachs Group aims to cut at least a few hundred more jobs as the Wall Street titan restructures its struggling consumer business and braces for an uncertain economy in the year ahead.

The agency is needlessly raising banks' costs at a time of severe economic uncertainty.