Paya has acquired Stewardship Technology, a Mount Vernon, Ohio-based payments facilitator primarily serving churches and nonprofits.

The Dallas bank inherited the five Bank of the Hills branches when it acquired Sterling Bancshares in 2011.

Argent Financial Group will buy Live Oak's pre-need funeral trust business in a deal set to close later this year.

Brad Hanson has been with the South Dakota company since founding its payment services division in 2004.

The $20 million-asset Stephens-Franklin Teachers Credit Union will merge into Peach State later this week.

The acquisition will increase Horizon’s core deposits and add branches around Indianapolis.

After Rooam's initial launch of its nightlife payment app in its home base of Washington, D.C., the company has agreed to acquire a similar payment app provider to pave the way for its launch in Chicago.

The $45 million purchase will provide Peoples with eight branches and $244 million in deposits.

The merger could help make open source and cloud computing more commonplace at banks. But it may have an unintended consequence as well.

OceanFirst Financial's acquisition of Capital Bank of New Jersey would strengthen its presence in the southern part of the state and Philadelphia.

With desirable merger partners hard to find, some credit unions are starting to look well beyond their home base.

ATBancorp had an unusual footprint that included a small bank and a number of fee-based businesses. But it had to slim down before it could find a buyer.

The National Credit Union Administration has already approved the deal, which is set for a Nov. 5 vote.

NCR has turned to the acquisition market to shore up its defenses against fintech challengers, a further signal that longtime retail industry staples such as payment hardware and ISOs are going by the wayside as dedicated business models.

Ballinger National Bank would be renamed Keystone Bank and its headquarters would move to an Austin suburb.

Popular's 16% gain in deposits and a recent acquisition bode well for its future even though there has been a major net loss of residents since Hurricane Maria.

Orrstown will pay $59 million in cash and stock to gain seven branches and $409 million in deposits.

Queen of Peace Arlington Federal Credit Union had just $2.6 million in assets and one employee prior to the merger.

Frank Sorrentino, CEO of ConnectOne, says bankers who are unwilling, or unable, to invest in technology upgrades may have to find buyers as competition heats up.

The Columbus, Ga., company ramped up its business and consumer lending even as it scaled back lending on construction and commercial real estate projects.