The Louisiana company sold $30 million in stock to help fund its purchase of Cheaha Financial Group.

Deposit Solutions says lenders can use its platform to acquire customers at little expense.

Industrial Bank CEO Doyle Mitchell has spent countless hours in New York since his bank bought the failed City National in November, meeting with existing customers and plotting his growth plans.

The company plans to sell more mortgages in the first quarter, which would bring its loan-to-deposit ratio below 100%.

The upstate New York company will gain branches in Rochester as part of its $35 million purchase of FSB Bancorp.

Lower interest rates are allowing banks to use the cheaper capital to repay higher-cost debt and prepare for future expansion.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

The bank sees digital assets as part of the future and "we want to be there when this happens," says Ralph Achkar, head of digital product development and innovation.

The FDIC was reluctant to sign off on the merger of Summit Bancshares and Faciam Holdings because the company planned to serve marijuana-related businesses.

The Tennessee company said Rob Garcia will be in charge of building a commercial banking team in the city.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

A provision of the Community Reinvestment Act overhaul package would rightfully hold lenders more accountable for reinvesting in cities where they are feeding off deposits.

The bank is the first U.S. one approved for a majority-owned securities unit in China; the FSB said banks must get serious about replacing the benchmark.

The company created by the BB&T-SunTrust merger said that Truliant Federal Credit Union does not own the trademark rights to names beginning with the prefix "tru."

The bank is working with a Swedish fintech to offer a tool that lets account holders track how their spending choices might be contributing to climate change. The tool may never be a big moneymaker, but it could help the San Francisco bank attract customers and recruit employees.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company created by the BB&T-SunTrust merger said that Truliant Federal Credit Union does not own the trademark rights to names beginning with the prefix "tru."

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.

A dearth of bigger acquirers will likely force more banks with less than $2 billion in assets ⁠to seek out their own deals.