Greenwoods Financial will have $270 million in assets when it buys Fox River Financial.

The Tennessee company is pleased with loan growth. It has also been able to reduce its dependence on brokered deposits as it brings in new customers following its purchase of Capital Bank.

Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union is merging into Bay Federal Credit Union on Feb. 1 with the integration expected to be completed by midyear.

The acquisition of VAR Technology Finance bolsters the bank's efforts to expand into new areas of lending.

Executives at Key pushed back against doubts over a deal for Laurel Road Bank’s digital lending platform so late in the credit cycle, arguing that its customers are prime borrowers with high incomes.

The online platform, created by Laurel Road Bank in 2013, allows users to refinance student loans and originate mortgages.

The parent of Bell Bank said that the pending sale of Discovery Benefits is not a prelude to selling its bank.

A number of healthy credit unions have undertaken “mergers of equals” to bolster long-term prospects. But those institutions are opening themselves up to unique risks and challenges as a result.

The Montana company will more than double its assets in Utah when it buys FNB Bancorp.

The Iowa company will pay $94 million for a bank with five branches and $727 million in loans.

The company recently agreed to be sold to SmartFinancial in Knoxville, Tenn.

The Fiserv-First Data deal, valued at about $22 billion, will combine two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.

The large core banking software vendors are already criticized as large and slow-moving. Consolidations like these are only likely to make them more so.

The large core banking software vendors are already criticized as large and slow-moving. Consolidations like these are only likely to make them more so.

The numbers behind Fiserv's deal to acquire First Data are huge, particularly considering each company's existing tonnage still makes consolidation the best play when faced with nimble fintechs and mobile startups.

Deutsche Bank's key regulators would prefer the lender merge with a European rival rather than local competitor Commerzbank, setting them apart from forces in the government keen on an all-German deal.

The U.S. unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial has agreed to buy a platform from GE Capital.

Fiserv will acquire First Data in an all-stock deal with a value of about $22 billion that will combine two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.

The deal, valued near $22 billion, will combine two of the financial services industry's largest tech and processing firms; both banks top expectations.

The Tennessee company will have $4 billion in assets and 47 branches in six states when it buys Entegra Financial.