Deposit premiums for bank mergers, which topped 10% in 2018 for the first time in years, are expected to keep rising as competition for cheap funding intensifies.

In venturing into what's normally a province of large banks, nbkc in Kansas City, Mo., discovered innovative tax-management and other products that it could offer to its own customers or sell to other banks.

Issuers should take seriously critics’ claims that they need to monitor the sale of guns more closely, before policymakers force the issue.

George Scharpf had been the New Jersey bank's leader since 1981.

The credit union service organization based in Florida has returned more than $500 million in patronage dividends since 1994.

The $128 million acquisition will provide First Financial with its first branches in Kentucky and Tennessee.

CEOs on the hot seat. Banks fighting to stay independent. Comfortable players ripe for disruption from Amazon and others. It is shaping up as a riveting year.

Automating the loan application process is a potentially game-changing development that could put more car shoppers in control of which bank or credit union finances their purchase.

Investments in software can speed up decision-making and help traditional lenders better compete with fintechs for creditworthy customers who want their loans quickly.

Northeast Bancorp also expects the move to make it more efficient.

River Road Financial has agreed to buy Mississippi River Bank in a deal that will bring in a new CEO.

As consumers continue to migrate to banking apps, it may be tempting for banks to focus solely on improving that channel experience. But doing so would be making the same mistake as focusing only on cards or cash at the point of sale.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Organizers are planning to raise up to $25 million for Tandem Bank.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The coming year will bring a wave of data-sharing deals between banks and fintechs, increased bank use of automated advice, marked changes to financial jobs as a result of automation, and much more.

As consumers continue to migrate to banking apps, lenders may be tempted to focus solely on improving that channel. But new data suggests consumers aren't abandoning other platforms just yet.

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Following the departure last year of several top executives amid downward pressure on earnings, Diebold Nixdorf has named three people to fill its executive ranks.

Third-quarter results from the Michigan Credit Union League show hundreds of members are joining CUs in the Great Lakes State each day.