Corporate governance

The bank agreed to acquire A Mortgage Boutique, which operates in six states.

The Mississippi bank will pay $108 million for the parent of FNB Bank, which has branches in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.

Driver Management will try for a second straight year to gain a board seat at First United.

The Stamford, Conn.-based credit card issuer said Tuesday that Brian Doubles, the president and former chief financial officer, will succeed Margaret Keane in April.

Bank of America’s employee-funded political action committee is putting its allocation decisions on hold after a right-wing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.

Flush with excess capital, Bank of Montreal, TD Bank and others say they might be in the market to do a cross-border deal.

Bank stocks have climbed because of expectations that the change of power in Washington will hasten vaccine distribution and speed the economic recovery. The boost could give executives more flexibility to pursue acquisitions or make other strategic moves.

Following similar decisions by big banks, the Consumer Bankers Association and Mortgage Bankers Association said they will halt all political contributions to elected officials as some lawmakers face harsh criticism for comments that incited the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

In a letter to credit unions, NCUA urged federally chartered shops to expand their fields of membership to underserved areas, regardless of geography, in order to boost financial inclusion in the wake of the pandemic.

Discussions to combine Penobscot County Federal Credit Union and The County FCU began in June 2019 but the deal was not completed until the end of 2020.