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Bill would replace much of Dodd-Frank but is unlikely to become law; online retailer is expected to expand Amazon Lending program to small businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Japan.

Keeping up a long-running trend, the number of federally insured CUs declined to 5,737 in Q1 2017 from 5,954 in Q1 2016.

Citizens Financial is going out of market to find midsize businesses in need of credit or advisory services in uncertain times. It is a good example of the resiliency that regional banks are showing amid softer loan demand, Washington gridlock and still-low interest rates.

Mackinac Savings Bank is the first bank acquisition for IBM Southeast Employees’ Credit Union.

More than half of the company's loans and deposits would be in the Atlanta area after it buys Resurgens Bancorp.

How do the top-performing banks continue to post double-digit returns, despite having the same serious profit-dampening challenges as their peers? The answer isn't exactly straightforward.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., has replaced earlier plans for a typical stock sale with an at-the-market program.

The company was set to sell a 24% stake in itself to buy two Tennessee banks but has restructured the arrangement to avoid a potential conflict cited by a regulator.

Bay Area CU launches Business Banking Division to increase, diversify loan portfolio.

The $3.2 billion-asset company is making a bigger push into northern Indiana with its agreement to buy Lafayette Community Bancorp.

Management reports assets, membership continue to grow into 2017.

A new initiative at Keesler FCU will return as much as $108,000 in givebacks to members during its first year, but do CUs get any real value from returning that much money to their membership?

The company agreed to buy Commerce Bancshares, which has three branches in Boston.

Financial Institutions in western New York withdrew plans to raise $40 million.

Along with asset and membership milestones, the credit union celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016.

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

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.

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.

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

The Arizona company said Kenneth Vecchione would be a candidate to eventually replace CEO Robert Sarver.