Regions has retooled its wealth management operations, an effort that was partly spurred by the company's sale of Morgan Keegan earlier this year.

Banks have to spend money to make money and avoid overreliance on acquisitions, BB&T's CEO said in discussing plans for de novo branches and other investments.

Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) is eyeing acquisitions of community banks, but its chief executive says it has little interest in failed banks and would only consider deals within its existing markets.

Maryland bankers should team up and stop selling out to big, out-of-state players, says Old Line Bancshares' James Cornelsen. The choices they face say a lot about the options available to bankers across the country.

Without naming names, CFO Tim Sloan threw cold water on the idea that the San Francisco bank would acquire the credit card giant.

Republic Bancorp CEO Steve Trager sees a recent purchase of First Commercial Bank as an opportunity to grow in Minnesota, despite being 700 miles from Republic's Kentucky home.

Mid-America Bankshares of Baldwin City, Kan., will buy a branch from Garnett Bancshares. The deal extends a string of deals involving community banks in Kansas.

FICO, the credit scoring company, plans to provide banks with services that ferret out fraud in real time.

BB&T signs a 10-year deal for naming rights to the former BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., home of the NHL's Florida Panthers. It is part of the spoils from the North Carolina bank's acquisition of BankAtlantic.

National Bank Holdings in Greenwood, Colo., plans to raise up to $180.9 million after completing an initial public offering.

Debt buyer Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. plans to grow its legal collections business in Florida while closing an Arizona call center and transitioning inventory to an India channel.

Broadway Bank in San Antonio is continuing its growth northward with plans to open several branches around Austin, Texas.

Old Line Bancshares has agreed to buy WSB Holdings in a deal that will combine two banks based in Bowie, Md.

Executives at FirstMerit, PNC and KeyCorp — which have acquired branches in deals in recent years — are seeking to wring substantial cost savings from their brick-and-mortar networks and rely more on high-tech services.

The $169 million-asset bank will buy two branches from Community South Bank in Parsons, Tenn., the Nashville Business Journal reported Monday. TriStar will assume certain deposits and assets of branches in Columbia Spring Hill from the $497 million-asset Community.

Streamlining and cross-selling initiatives are aimed at creating a simpler company that is more in touch with its customers, Thompson tells investors at Barclays conference.

A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended September 8.

Capital Bank Financial, a $7.7 billion-asset privately held bank holding company, said Monday it would raise about $250 million via an initial public offering the company first announced in June 2011.

Wall Street hopes M&T's $3.7 billion deal for Hudson City will spark a rush of mergers and acquisitions. These five banks are prime takeover targets.

Henderson Citizens Bancshares in Texas announced an acquisition that should push its assets above $1 billion.