Give Lindsay Lawrence a big job to do and she just might find a way to make it even bigger.

Paul Taylor previously served as CEO of Guaranty Bancorp in Denver, which was sold in January to Independent Bank.

Shelley Seifert had been the bank's chief operating officer.

It is comfortable with the deal for MidSouth despite the seller's lingering credit issues, given a shared history and the opportunity to add low-cost deposits.

It just got harder for banks in Georgia to enforce noncompete agreements in employee contracts. For employees of two merging banks, BB&T and SunTrust, the timing couldn’t be better.

Innovation is part of Emily Girsch's daily routine. That's why the chief financial officer at Lincoln Savings Bank in Cedar Falls, Iowa, spends a lot of time thinking about the need to modernize bank regulations for the digital age.

Jacqueline Howard's personal interest in helping close the wealth gap prompted her to steer Ally Financial toward a more concerted effort on this front.

MidSouth had spent the last two years improving credit quality by reducing its exposure to energy credits.

Rising premiums and lengthy earn-back periods have made investors more skeptical than ever about M&A. So the sooner banks are able to convert systems and rebrand, the sooner they'll be able to meet the promised cost-cutting and revenue targets.

Colin Walsh, Varo’s chief executive, says the disruptor has hired several former regulatory officials to help in what has admittedly been “a difficult process.”

The company, which has invested $3 million in fintech in recent years, said the value of the portfolio is nearing $14 million.

The Boston company gained the mortgage platform when it bought First Choice in 2017.

Alex Carriles, who runs mobile, online and digital accounts at BBVA Compass, describes how updates like account aggregation and expense analysis have helped increase use of its app.

As part of the continuing rebuilding effort in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Banco Popular's nonprofit foundation has several startups working out of its main location in San Juan. For Camille Burckhart, it is part of a mission to help the island get back to normal.

Bank critics and some lawmakers quickly seized on a tone-deaf posting by JPMorgan Chase that was designed to tout the virtues of saving money.

The Birmingham, Ala., bank's profits fell 32% as its loan-loss provision tripled. The expense covered “isolated, one-off issues” in its commercial and consumer loan portfolios, CEO Javier Rodriguez Soler said.

Even as consumer and CRE lending slowed in the first quarter, business lending — particularly to middle-market companies — surged. But some banks are already warning that the growth could taper off as competition from nonbanks heats up.

Citigroup has hired Murli Buluswar as head of analytics and information management in its U.S. consumer banking segment. It also has promoted Tracey Warson from head of Citi Private Bank, North America, to chairman of the unit.

The NCUA is letting Union Yes in California raise capital by turning to temporary funding sources, which banks have complained is an example of the regulator's overreach.