Mesaba, which is also based in Minnesota, is the parent of American Bank of the North and Lake Bank.

Wei Ke, partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners, shares research and analysis from a recent consumer survey on branch versus digital banking behaviors after the coronavirus lockdowns are over.

Investar Holding called off its deal to buy Cheaha Financial in Alabama.

CB Financial Services, Mercantile Bank and Nicolet Bankshares said they would shutter a total of 12 branches.

Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio will have assets of $1.5 billion when it absorbs two affiliated banking companies in nearby cities.

The coronavirus outbreak forced BBVA USA to rethink a plan to add 15 branches in Texas, but it decided to move ahead anyway, albeit with a few tweaks.

The online TV giant will start by moving $25 million to a fund that invests in minority-run financial institutions that serve low-income communities and depositing $10 million into Hope Credit Union in Jackson, Miss.

Bank consolidation has been stagnant since the pandemic hit, and the outlook for the rest of the year is bleak.

The company said it had cut 20 positions and found a way to shed 35,000 square feet of office space by the end of 2020.

Eric Luse, who co-founded the Luse Gorman law firm, helped Community Bank Shares of Indiana create the first MHC in the early 1990s.

Thanks to their close relationship with the card networks, banks stand to benefit most from deals like Mastercard’s agreement to buy Finicity and Visa’s pending purchase of Plaid. The prospects for fintechs and consumers are dicier.

Two years after a consumer protection law changed how banks and other companies handle customer information, a new proposal aims for more sweeping reforms.

Wells Fargo customers targeted with phishing attacks using calendar invites; Fed freezes stock buybacks, caps dividends after stress test results; Citigroup names Titi Cole its head of global operations and fraud prevention.

The Loan Source, the nonbank lender buying the Paycheck Protection Program loans, has similar deals in place with other lenders.

Ezequiel Szafir, CEO of Banco Santander's digital-only Openbank, sees banks of the future looking increasingly like Amazon.com — with online storefronts for financial products.

HSBC is planning to shift services away from its branches in a push to make more of its customers migrate to its digital and mobile channels as it embarks on a massive cost and jobs cutting program.

Titi Cole was recruited away from Wells Fargo to join Citi as head of global operations and fraud prevention. She’ll report to Jane Fraser, the CEO of global consumer banking.

Arbor Bancorp and FNBH Bancorp said the pandemic had created uncertainty about the regulatory process for securing approval for the deal.

Top executives from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs offered warnings Wednesday about why the U.S. economy may be slow to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic.

The movement encouraging investment in banks run by African American management teams gained huge momentum in recent weeks, but a spat between one of those lenders and an activist investor highlights the potential downside.