Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) in Marietta, Ohio, has agreed to buy Ohio Heritage Bancorp (OHHB) in Coshocton.

The rising costs of regulatory compliance, health insurance and technology prompted Mountain Valley Bank to merge with a company that once was its biggest investor.

Clifton Bancorp (CSBK) in New Jersey has named Tricia Cademartori Hrotko to the newly created position of chief revenue officer.

Federal banking regulators have signed off on Umpqua Holdings' (UMPQ) agreement to buy Sterling Financial (STSA).

Programs to help underwater borrowers with second liens are languishing and the Treasury's authority to create and fund new ones under the Troubled Asset Relief Program expired several years ago.

Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) in Aurora, Ill., is tempering its expectations for its planned public offering.

John and Bill Wheeler went as far as giving away foreclosed properties to reduce maintenance fees and bad assets. As a result, State Bank of Countryside has returned to profitability and is ready to start lending again.

Independence Bancshares, (IEBS) in Greenville, S.C., has filed multiple mobile payment patent technology applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The DOJ's initiative ensures that federal and state laws are not circumvented by predatory lenders … and gives federal authorities a chance to fix a very broken industry.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has launched an initial public offering that could yield as much as $223 million for the company and its shareholders.

A Montana court has affirmed a jury verdict that had found Comerica Bank (CMA) responsible for putting one of its commercial clients out of business.

U.S. attorneys general launched a multistate investigation into a data breach at a subsidiary of Experian that gave criminals access to consumers' bank account, Social Security and drivers' license numbers.

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's biggest retailer, chose MasterCard to handle transactions for the merchant's store-branded credit cards.

Fidelity Southern (LION) in Atlanta has filed documents that would allow it to issue up to $100 million in stock, warrants and debt.

A Missouri House panel adopted a measure to drop renewals on payday loans and lower the amount of interest borrowers can charge.

The two principal owners of Rincon Debt Management will surrender more than $3.3 million to settle charges related to a debt collection scheme.

State attorneys general are investigating a data breach at a subsidiary of Experian that gave criminals access to consumers’ bank account, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, Reuters reported Thursday.

The U.S. Treasury Department paid Comerica Inc. (CMA) $32.5 million to run a debit-card program for the poor and elderly that the bank had agreed to run for free, an inspector general audit found.

The Federal Reserve rejected capital plans for three foreign-owned banks, which need time and millions of dollars in investments to make the requisite tech upgrades in order to comply.

Poppi Metaxas, the former president and chief executive of Gateway Bank in Oakland, Calif., has been accused of orchestrating a fraud scheme to disguise the bank's crumbling financial condition.