The $489 million acquisition is among the ten biggest bank M&A deals announced this year.

The company also said it believes there are no regulatory obstacles that will derail its planned acquisition of Astoria Financial.

The Federal Reserve is asking Sterling to address deficiencies tied to its collection, verification and reporting of CRA data from 2014 to 2016.

Bank First has agreed to pay $76 million in cash and stock for Waupaca Bancorp. The company should have nearly $1.8 billion in assets when it completes the deal.

PrivateBancorp investors approved a $4.9 billion takeover by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce after the Toronto-based lender sweetened its deal twice to win over shareholders.

Brent Beardall, who recently took the helm at Washington Federal, discusses having excess capital, myriad potential fintech partners and why he would tweak — not repeal — Dodd-Frank.

Belpre Savings Bank and Doolin Security Savings Bank are planning to create a mutual with nearly $100 million in assets.

Stonegate Bank in Florida figured its balance sheet was too small and undiversified to stay independent. But it was choosy in approaching potential buyers and aggressively scrutinized the lead bidder’s loan book.

Waste haulers of all sizes are increasingly shifting to accepting credit card payments and are in need of technology support to do so.

A tech JV between Live Oak and First Data aims to do for small-business deposits what the bank previously did for lending.

JPMorgan Chase has some advice for regional banks: A deposit drain is coming, so merge while you can.

Wells Fargo is weighing a sale of its insurance brokerage business, which could fetch about $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

The post-election rally in banking stocks has given certain buyers the ability to make acquisitions that would add to tangible book value, perhaps making it easier for them to pursue more deals.

Guaranty Bank & Trust in Milwaukee was shut down by federal regulators Friday, just a week after one of the costliest failures since the crisis.

The $71 million transaction is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Seacoast in recent months.

First Horizon CEO Bryan Jordan explains why he thinks policymakers will change the $50 billion asset cutoff and justify the regional bank's big acquisition.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce increased its offer for PrivateBancorp Inc. by $3 a share in cash to offset the decline in the bidder's stock price.

The acquisition will make the Tennessee company one of the biggest banks in the Southeast, with assets of more than $40 billion.

Even as units of a larger holding company, local banks fight the perception that they can’t provide sophisticated services like corporate or private banking. Executives say that unifying the brand will help Synovus better compete against larger players.

Richard Moore, CEO of First Bancorp in North Carolina, believes he can unlock more shareholder value through acquisitions and by taking advantage of disruption elsewhere.