We never promised the news would be good for all these community bankers, and it wasn’t. One couldn’t stop a failure, and another quit soon after an acquisition. The rest have their banks at different points on the comeback trail.

The acquisition will give LCNB its first branch and deposits in the Columbus, Ohio, market.

The wealth management firm Boston Private has agreed to sell Anchor Capital Advisors to Anchor’s management team.

Small Michigan CU will merge into BlueOx Credit Union of Battle Creek.

Heritage Commerce will pay $32 million for Tri-Valley in a deal that should be accretive to tangible book value and earnings.

The deal for the San Diego company would be PNC's second nonbank acquisition in less than a month.

The merger is the next step in a process which has seen NWCUA managing the Idaho league since Jan. 1, 2017.

Citizens Community CU -- which entered conservatorship after a ten-fold rise in delinquent loans -- will merge with First Community of Jamestown, N.D. early next year.

The Fed approved an application giving Natcom Bancshares indirect control over Republic Bank, declining to take into account claims the transaction imperils the target's S corporation status.

This year has been very good to regional banks, bitcoin investors and several bank CEOs who pulled off big deals or successfully refined business models.

Amalgamated in New York wants to enter several left-leaning cities across the country, but it might be tough to find more like-minded banks to buy.

The company agreed to buy PBB Bancorp in Los Angeles just five weeks after completing its last bank acquisition.

Washington Federal in Chicago, which had a clean balance sheet and plenty of capital on Sept. 30, was shuttered shortly after the death of its CEO and regulators' discovery of "substantial dissipation of assets."

Bankers remember Bob Wilmers not only for spearheading the growth of M&T, but also embracing his role as the industry's voice in turbulent times.

The market for initial public offerings was the best since 2014, reflecting a surge in bank stocks and a need to fuel expansion plans.

Southeastern Trust is being sold to a group led by the unit's management team.

The planned purchase of Home BanCorp will nearly double the size of First Citizens' branch network in the Sunshine State.

The company has agreed to buy Kansas Bank Corp. and Adams Dairy Bancshares in separate transactions.

The purchase will significantly increase Hancock's assets under management and administration.

Robert Wilmers joined M&T in 1983 when it had just $2 billion of assets and built it into a regional powerhouse with $120 billion of assets and operations in a dozen states.