The Arkansas company, once a prolific acquirer, last bought a bank in 2017 but now has three M&A deals in the works as it seeks new sources of growth.

It’s easy — but pointless — to lament the havoc that the economy has wreaked on performance metrics lately. Instead, draw up an opportunistic new plan, urge your employees to focus on execution and worry less about what rivals are doing.

Organizers of Integrity Bank for Business must raise around $19.9 million before they can open the bank.

After just 45 days on the job, the Citigroup CEO is jettisoning uncompetitive overseas operations, vowing to ramp up wealth management and touting the long-term importance of the company’s Banamex unit. More moves are on the way, she says.

The company will exit retail banking in 13 markets across Asia, Europe and elsewhere after a big drop in global consumer banking revenue. However, it far exceeded analysts' earnings estimates from dealmaking for special-purpose acquisition companies and other Wall Street operations.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., has introduced legislation to make it easier for new community banks to open in areas that are underserved by the banking system.

It was a rough quarter in retail banking for the bellwether bank, but a pickup in credit and debit card spending and a higher-than-expected release of loan-loss reserves bodes well for JPMorgan — and perhaps the industry as a whole.

The Iowa company, which operates a dozen individually branded banks, now has a name that matches its stock symbol.

The company will gain seven branches, including one in Richmond, Va., after it acquires Sevier County, which is based in eastern Tennessee.

Heritage Southeast Bank in Georgia will become the latest community bank to stop paying federal taxes when it merges into VyStar Credit Union later this year. It's time for Congress to investigate this consolidation trend and its impact on taxpayers.

The company will give retail account holders 24 hours to cancel upcoming payments that would put them in the red. The move addresses customers’ top gripe and will have benefits that offset the lost income, executives say.

The South Carolina credit union has pivoted to an open-concept model that allows for social distancing, along with a walk-up window to serve members outside the branch if lobby access is restricted for any reason.

The San Francisco company has now backed 11 minority-owned banks as part of a $50 million pledge it announced last year.

Brian Mauntel, who previously served as president of Heartland Bank in Ohio, will join Citizens Business Bank in late April.

As more states legalize online gambling, the credit union is preventing members from using their credit and debit cards on those sites. Others could follow its lead.

The Wisconsin company is paying $248 million for Mackinac, which has $1.5 billion of assets and $1.3 billion of deposits.

Banking trade groups have called for congressional hearings following the Jacksonville, Fla.-based credit union's agreement to purchase the $1.6 billion-asset Heritage Southeast Bank, the largest deal of its kind to date.

The Baltimore community bank is experimenting with fee-based checking accounts that bundle cellphone protection, roadside assistance and other perks with an app that makes such services easier to use. Early returns are promising.

The California company has not established a time or pricing for the IPO.

The agency first sought feedback in February 2020 on how it could update its logo, but the process was suspended two months later amid the COVID-19 pandemic.