SNL Financial's ranking of the 10 biggest bank and thrift deals since Jan. 1, 2010, reminds us that some acquisitions demand a lot of short-term pain — to get them approved, and to integrate them — for long-term gains.

Robert C. Grubic, the CEO of a civil engineering firm Herbert, Rowland and Grubic, has been named the chairman of Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB) of Millersburg, Pa.

Sometimes the tail wags the dog. That seems to be the case with the payments Goliath MasterCard, which has started taking mobile payments cues from relative pipsqueaks, like PaidPiper, a six-month-old San Francisco outfit with all of 10 employees.

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $40 million mortgage-backed securities settlement in a class-action lawsuit against former employees of Lehman Brothers

A month after calling off a planned public offering, Customers Bancorp in Pennsylvania, led by former Sovereign CEO Jay Sidhu, will bring in $100 million in capital by acquiring Acacia Federal Savings.

Banks are increasingly trying to hire, and talking about hiring, military veterans, hoping that giving jobs to war heroes will help repair the industry's reputation.

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Instead of raising revenue by adding new fees, why not focus on raising revenue by creating real, tangible incentives for customers to do more of their financial business with one institution?

The charge-off rate for U.S. credit cards fell in May, reflecting strong credit quality of securitized credit-card receivables in the U.S., Moody's Investors Service said.

Bank of Georgetown in Washington, D.C., has elected former mayor Anthony Williams to its board of directors.

Among the strongest industry rationales for a national mortgage servicing settlement was that it would break the legal stalemate over a huge backlog of delinquent loans. But five months after the deal was formally struck, the promised spike in foreclosures hasn't arrived.

Ixonia Bancshares in Milwaukee has raised $21 million in fresh capital, including $16.5 million from a wealthy family that also owns a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers baseball club.

A federal appeals court has denied Republic Bancorp's bid to recover $14 million it lost on securities investments because it believes the Louisville, Ky., company should have been aware of the risks it was taking.

Consumer use of payment cards is very much in flux, and contradictory trends are making it hard for issuers to react.

When HSBC sold its branches in upstate New York, it created a big change with dozens of branches changing hands. Once the signs are changed, a number of community banks and regionals will have to work hard to keep business in those branches.

Fees paid to outside auditors appear to have been relatively stable in recent years. So have legal expenses for smaller institutions since mid-2010, when the 2,000-odd pages of the Dodd-Frank Act became law.

A Chinese businessman who founded a rice-trading company made up a story about his $60 million acquisition of a Delaware bank. He has since been arrested.

Homeowners who faced wrongful foreclosure actions due to big banks' mortgage servicing failures are entitled to cash payments of as little as $1,000 to up to $125,000, according to new federal guidelines. But consumer advocates say that disparity is too wide.

The Federal Reserve Board has entered into written agreements with two companies requiring them to serve as sources of strength for their banks.

North Carolina's Our State magazine is launching its own credit card with Greensboro-based NewBridge Bank.