While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

The fintech community was both surprised and energized by recent news that Visa has agreed to acquire Plaid, one of the nation’s largest fintech platforms for financial data analytics.

For the second time in six months, Birmingham Bloomfield CU is absorbing another nearby credit union that will operate as "a part of" BBCU.

Eric Smith and Michael Morton have been brought on as vice chairs to help build out the Chicago bank's commercial lending arm.

The proposed merger will create a $10 billion-asset bank based in Nashville, Tenn.

The company will pay $29 million for Virginia Bank Bankshares.

For small regionals like Atlantic Union and F.N.B., the biggest opportunity to snag customers will come when the rebranding of BB&T and SunTrust branches begins next year.

Uber Technologies Inc. will sell Uber Eats in India to local rival Zomato in a $172 million deal, according to a person familiar with the transaction, underscoring the ride-hailing giant’s effort to cut back on loss-making operations.

Pushback from banks, a smaller pool of sellers and potential regulatory hurdles could pose setbacks for credit unions this year.

The Southeast banks expect to complete their merger by midyear, hit their savings targets and still be able to invest in growth, according to Bryan Jordan.

Following a 44% jump in the number of CU-bank acquisitions in 2019, some observers believe the volume could plateau this year.

The company will pay $24 million in cash for Central Federal Bancshares.

The Colorado Banking Board may be the first regulator to ever block a credit union-bank merger.

Colorado's State Banking Board voted 6-1 to stop Elevations Credit Union from buying Cache Bank & Trust. This is believed to be the first time regulators have blocked such a deal.

Plaid may be a more problematic acquisition than Visa made it out to be. But without Visa, those problems were likely to get a lot worse.

Executives at Beach Community want to pursue more acquisitions in central Florida.

The Massachusetts savings bank will gain branches in two communities as part of the acquisition.

The acquisition will vastly expand Visa's platform, giving it nearly Amazon-like influence.

The Wyoming-based credit union will gain about $100 million in deposits as a result of the deal.

Blue Federal Credit Union in Wyoming will also gain about $100 million in deposits.