The New York bank's agreement to pay $204 million in stock for Salisbury Bancorp moves NBT into complementary markets in Connecticut and Massachusetts while boosting an already substantial wealth management operation.

The Connecticut bank plans to add interLINK to its diverse stable of deposit-gathering businesses. A community bank in Texas had previously reached a deal to purchase the platform, but that transaction fell apart in September.

Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the world's second-largest crypto stablecoin, said its planned merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Concord Acquisition that was once valued at $9 billion has been called off.

German Larrea's conglomerate Grupo Mexico is in advanced talks on a potential acquisition of Citigroup's Mexican retail bank Banamex, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Baseball great joins Farmers National team, waiting game ends for two deals and more in banking news this week.

Both Canadian banks are awaiting green lights from regulators for their pending acquisitions of U.S. banks. "We don't control the timing of all the regulatory approvals," TD's chief executive said Thursday.

Peach State Federal Credit Union in Lawrenceville, Georgia, is merging with Abbeville Community Federal Credit Union in Abbeville and Pickens Federal Credit Union in Pickens.

Byline Bancorp in Chicago said it would buy Inland Bancorp in a cash-and-stock transaction that would create an $8.5 billion-asset bank.

The transaction, which would have created the country's largest custody bank, was derailed after regulators demanded certain changes. The seller said that it has no plans to find a new buyer for its investor services business.

Royal Bank of Canada posted earnings highlighting its strength at home a day after striking the company's largest deal ever to bolster the business.

Royal Bank of Canada's planned acquisition of HSBC Holdings' Canadian unit would expand its lead in the country's heavily concentrated financial market, strengthening its dealings with companies and wealthy individuals, while potentially drawing scrutiny from regulators.

A group of investors led by Mexico's Banca Mifel and backed by the U.S. private equity giant Apollo Global Management are in talks with banks for about $2 billion of financing for their bid to buy Citigroup's Mexican retail unit Banamex.

Royal Bank of Canada agreed to buy HSBC Holdings' Canadian unit — the country's seventh-largest bank — for C$13.5 billion ($10 billion) in cash, expanding its roster of business clients and bulking up its retail presence on the West Coast as HSBC focuses on Asia.

The Canadian banking giant reached a five-year deal with community groups that includes $40 billion in investments to underserved groups. BMO aims to close its acquisition of San Francisco-based Bank of the West before the end of the year.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he approves of the two known remaining bidders for Citigroup's Mexican retail unit, after other potential buyers were derailed amid strict conditions put forth by Mexico's leader.

M&T lends a hand in the Keystone State, fintech-bank deal is delayed and more in banking news this week.

The $1.1 billion-asset Sikorsky Financial would combine with Bridgeport City Employees Federal Credit Union, which has $32 million of assets.

Banks are underwater on many bonds they bought before interest rates began their sharp rise. The impact has been wide-ranging — decreasing the industry's interest in stock buybacks, dampening the appetite for M&A and raising concerns about some smaller institutions' ability to borrow from the Federal Home Loan banks.

The bank has agreed to pay $113 million for the $500 million-asset Surrey Bancorp, which specializes in credit for small to midsize commercial clients as well as government-guaranteed loans.

The subprime consumer lender, whose stock price has sagged this year, is being sold to an asset management firm. Elevate's CEO told employees that "the current market conditions present a challenging backdrop for our organization and so many others in the consumer finance industry."