Florida created headaches for the Georgia company during the financial crisis. Increased discipline, and wholesale changes to banking, make the $3 billion purchase of FCB Financial less risky, CEO Kessel Stelling says.

Whether you're lounging on the beach sipping mojitos, hiking the Smoky Mountains, or, like many of us, taking a breather from household chores on your staycation, you still need an escape from time to time.

The Mississippi company will also gain its first branches in southern Georgia as part of the $80 million deal.

Banks should continually try out new technologies, even after failed experiments.

Rather than ban screen scraping, financial institutions should improve secure account connectivity so that consumers can share data with the apps they want to use.

An increase deposit costs, higher reserves and ongoing restructuring issues weighed on the second-quarter results at the New York company.

Green's sale follows a dedicated effort by its management team to purge its energy portfolio.

The $2.9 billion deal is the Georgia company's first traditional whole-bank acquisition since 2006. It is also the year's second-biggest bank acquisition.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched a mobile application to support commercial prepaid card programs and their cardholders.

First Green Bank in Florida had to stop holding deposits for licensed marijuana sellers as a condition of making a deal.

Loan growth, fueled by increased tourism spending, more than offset a sharp drop in fee income at the Honolulu company.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The bank also agreed to pay a $5 million fine to settle allegations over how it obtained consumers' consent.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares has agreed to buy Comanche National. This would be Spirit's first acquisition since going public earlier this year.

Avidia Bank in Massachusetts collaborated with Exhibit 'A' Brewing to produce and sell an IPA as part of a plan to boost marketing to small businesses and millennials.

The company will no longer originate indirect auto loans outside of Florida and Georgia.

Yet margin improvement proved to be the decisive factor in a strong quarter in which total lending was flat.

To improve videoconferencing adoption, banks are advised to focus on one particular group of clients.

The bank had numerous warnings that there could be severe regulatory consequences related to deceptively advertised add-on products. It is paying the price for failing to do more in response.