Finance

A recent wave of high-premium acquisitions, paired with sweeping regulatory reform, is setting the stage for more large-scale M&A.

With the acquisition Timberland would add $187 million in assets in the Puget Sound area.

The Indiana company agreed to pay $101 million for the $586 million-asset First Security.

The bill heads to President Trump for signing; U.S. banks earned an aggregate $56 billion in the quarter, including a boost from tax reform.

Independent's branch network in Denver will nearly triple after it completes the $1 billion acquisition.

MapleMark Bank, which was known as First National Bank of Edgewood when it was bought by an investment group last year, will use the funds to support commercial lending and private banking.

A new FDIC chair could be confirmed as early as this week, but the current head of the agency is reportedly Democrats' choice to serve as vice chairman.

After more than a decade, a rising interest rate environment is coming. Are credit unions ready?

Banks were helped by better loan spreads thanks to higher net interest margins, but the recently enacted tax cut helped boost profits by 27% from a year earlier.

Policymakers should spend more time focused on limiting risky activity through measures like the Volcker Rule than on demanding ever-higher levels of bank capital.

The Asian-American bank agreed to buy SWNB Bancorp for $77 million.

The Nashville company significantly reduced the 2018 earnings projection for its mortgage business.

The nearly $5 billion deal to acquire MB Financial would provide the Cincinnati company with immediate scale in the Windy City.

While working with new fintechs carries some risk, it can also provide community banks with an affordable way to upgrade products and technology.

Total loans at Old Dominion National Bank have tripled since 2016.

Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

PayPal Holdings Inc. is teaming up with Indonesian venture-capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures to back emerging financial technologies that can be developed for Southeast Asia.

Equity warrants. Capital calls. Off-balance-sheet accounts. SVB's unusual business model thrives on financing rainmakers and cutting-edge firms, but old-school issues like overconcentration, unpredictable fee income and stock market swings lurk in the background.

Beacon Community Bank, which opened in January, raised $34 million through a private placement.

State Bank popped up on the Houston company’s radar eight years ago, but management waited until now to strike.