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The $7.6 million-asset shop is the latest postal credit union to be absorbed by a larger institution.

The company also disposed of a large agricultural loan that was nonperforming.

Now known as OnPath FCU, the institution originally served employees of Avondale Shipyard, Inc., but today serves members across the southwestern portion of the state.

Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., wants details about refunding "hundreds of millions of dollars" in fees improperly charged on checking accounts. Wells has acknowledged the potential problem but hasn't estimated how much it owes.

The move will allow MVB to devote more resources to Northern Virginia and its fintech business.

The Peach State is the latest to offer gamified savings programs as an incentive to draw in deposits and improve consumers' behavior.

The company will pay nearly $33 million for Tomah Bancshares to boost its operations in Wisconsin's Monroe County.

A new National Credit Union Administration proposal would raise the threshold for residential mortgages that require appraisals. However, the final rule is by no means a done deal.

Toronto-Dominion Bank would end up with a smaller stake in a larger brokerage if Schwab and TD Ameritrade combined. But it could parlay that stake into funds for a U.S. bank acquisition.

Members of Ocean Spray Employees FCU will vote next month on whether to merge into MVCU, which absorbed Bridgewater Credit Union earlier this year.

Ana Botin, the Spanish banking giant's chairman, is counting on Santander's new digital platform to help drive expansion in the U.S. and Latin America.

This is the second time in five years the California-based credit union has issued a giveback, for a total of $38 million.

The deal is Seacoast's third acquisition of a bank with operations in Palm Beach County.

The regulators approved the deal after nine months of consideration, but the Fed hit SunTrust with a consent order tied to "unfair and deceptive" business practices from 2013 to 2017.

United Bankshares in West Virginia was willing to pay a healthy premium for Carolina Financial, one of a dwindling number of available banks with more than $4 billion in assets.

The Bakersfield, Calif.-based institution has applied to convert to a state charter.

The company will pay $1.1 billion for Carolina Financial in Charleston, S.C., in a deal that will add nearly $5 billion in assets.

More banks in the state are considering acquisitions to cut costs and combat margin pressure.

The Wisconsin-based institution has returned more than $11.7 million to members over the past six years.