Banesco USA in Miami is among the banks that are eyeing the government-guaranteed lending program as a source of growth.

Daryl Byrd, who led Iberiabank until it was acquired by First Horizon, has assembled an investor group to acquire MC Bancshares and its subsidiary, MC Bank & Trust Co. in Morgan City, Louisiana. Byrd will become CEO.

Federal regulators' plan to dial back supervision of community banks is coming at a dangerous time. Rising climate risk creates unique vulnerabilities for small banks that regulators should be tracking.

The New York megabank, which completed the sale of a 25% equity stake in its Mexico retail business, has been exiting certain international markets as part of CEO Jane Fraser's focus on being a simpler, smaller bank.

Two former chairmen of the Independent Community Bankers of America take issue with the trade group's decision to support legislation that would dramatically increase federal deposit insurance levels.

GBank will serve as the bank partner for a cashless slot machine betting app that is looking to expand nationwide after getting a key regulatory approval in Nevada.

The small Missouri community bank partnered with embedded banking provider Treasury Prime to connect with fintechs and signed on its first sponsoree earlier this year.

As AI makes financial scams more and more convincing, banks would do customers a real service by allowing them to opt in to dual approval of transactions above certain dollar limits.

Passing a federally mandated stress test is table stakes in risk management. Banks need to be proactive about designing and implementing stress tests that consider a wide range of scenarios, with a particular focus on tail risks.

Banks may need to offer people over the age of 65 more than just digital experiences, according to an executive at J.D. Power, which surveyed more than 11,000 retail banking customers.

Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Enova International, a nonbank lender in Chicago, plans to gain scale by taking over Grasshopper Bank's national bank charter. The deal already faces skepticism from critics of Enova's high-cost lending model.

The firm's consumer account, which offers a 3.5% yield on savings, could appeal to the founders of startups that it already serves.

Charlie Scharf has a mostly optimistic take on Wells' consumer banking prospects entering 2026. But he's more downbeat about the company's once-dominant residential mortgage business.

The student lending giant offered forecasts of future earnings that were far below Wall Street's expectations. In recent months, Sallie Mae has been upbeat about the new opportunities it sees under the Trump administration.

The all-stock acquisition of Mountain Commerce Bancorp in Knoxville marks the Arkansas-based company's first M&A foray since 2022.

Danny Seibel, who led First National Bank of Lindsay from 2007 until shortly before the bank's failure last year, is accused of falsifying bank documents to conceal the condition of loans.

More than 400,000 consumers may be affected after Marquis Software Solutions suffered a breach traced to a bug in SonicWall software disclosed last year.

Midland States Bancorp has completed three major asset sales in the past 12 months, exiting national business lines and shifting focus to its core community banking franchise.

After two successful international expansions, Junqueira aims to bring Nubank's products to U.S. consumers even as the neobank faces strong competition from U.S.-based banks and fintechs.