Fed governor again calls for using the countercyclical buffer at banks; bank borrowing from Fed on pace for lowest total ever.

By attaching to Honey and its base of 17 million mostly young, female consumers who use the platform to find the best price on e-commerce deals, PayPal also is aiming to get closer to merchants with customized offers.

The smooth and relatively short process should be encouraging to other big banks that are eyeing deals. But their window of opportunity may not last long.

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

The most recognizable brands in retail are making substantial investments that connect digital and offline channels, with results that have been encouraging enough for Target to get on board.

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

The once-acquisitive company appears ready to come off the sidelines, but will it be as a buyer or seller?

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.

An Indiana bank is looking to complete the first outright purchase of a credit union since the financial crisis. Though hurdles exist, some industry observers say more such deals are doable.

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

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

If regional banks really want to compete against behemoths and nonbank entrants they need to emphasize products over M&A.

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First Bank of Berne has agreed to acquire Adams County Credit Union, turning the tables in a year in which 14 credit unions have announced deals to buy banks.

EML has agreed to pay £226 million (US$290 million) to acquire Prepaid Financial Services, one of Europe’s largest e-money issuers.

Over the past several years, well-established companies in the space like Klarna and FIS have become big enough to buy competitors, fueling the majority of the M&A we’ve seen of late, says AvidXchange's Michael Praeger.

The Louisiana company's willingness to combine with First Horizon without a big initial payday is fueling talk that other banks could be keen on selling at relatively inexpensive prices.

The Pennsylvania company gained $67 million in assets under management as part of the acquisition.