With VC favorites such as Square and Stripe nipping at its heels, ATM and terminal manufacturer NCR plans to shell out $184 million for JetPay to add remote software to its acquiring menu.

The bank will still use GoTo, an app consumers can use to communicate with a personal banker, but no longer own the Pivotus subsidiary that created it.

On paper, conditions would seem favorable for regional banks to pursue acquisitions in order to overcome organic growth challenges. But executives have poured cold water on that idea in recent days.

The company said it is trying to improve shareholder returns as rising rates cut into its net interest margin.

Commercial and industrial lending rose 8% in the third quarter at the Cleveland bank, but other factors drove its double-digit gain in profits as overall loan growth was modest.

The company will pay $42 million for Oak Park River Forest Bancshares.

Seeking to bring advanced technology to its managed security services, ControlScan has acquired Dunbar Cybersecurity and its security operations center.

Many community banks face the same challenges that drove AJS Bancorp to become a seller, but few if any would go to the lengths that it did to seek a buyer.

Transaction Network Services has agreed to acquire Australia-based Advam in a move to strengthen the company's services, especially in the unattended payments and e-commerce fields.

BankMobile will remain part of Customers for at least two years after regulatory snags derailed a plan to transfer the unit to a Florida bank.

McCone County Federal Credit Union has added roughly $9 million of assets with the merger of Fallon County Federal Credit Union.

More than half of all federally insured credit unions have less than $50 million of assets. But challenges, including increased demands for technology, are making it harder for small institutions to thrive, forcing some to look for merger partners.

ABA Insurance Services, which is owned American Bankers Mutual Insurance, offers a range of services to banks, small businesses and nonprofits.

The two institutions scuttled their original plans to merge earlier this year after a court invalidated some parts of the NCUA's field of membership rules for federally chartered institutions.

The fintech wave has nearly devoured the entire point of sale industry, as lone major holdout Ingenico weighs an unsolicited bid from an investment bank’s payments group.

The payments industry stood out as an active market for mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2018 with a 33 percent increase in transactions over the same period last year.

Augusta VAH Federal Credit Union in Augusta, Ga. has announced plans to merge into SRP FCU, across the state line in nearby North Augusta, S.C.

The Montana company will spend $200 million to buy Idaho Independent and Community 1st Bank.

This week’s name change is the latest in a string of moves Ira Robbins has made since he replaced his mentor, Gerald Lipkin, in January.

With its CEO planning retirement, tiny Coast-Tel Federal Credit Union is seeking approval to merge into Bay FCU.