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LegacyTexas Financial Group in Plano has met its original purpose of becoming a big player in its home market.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta on Friday reported a slight increase in profit that could have been greater were it not for a surge in energy chargeoffs.

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While the growth of digital commerce is a universal concept, digital has and will continue to manifest itself different depending upon the industry vertical and its level of digital maturity.

They say to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and First Data's Clover operation did just that.

Banc of California's second-quarter profits soared on stronger lending and credit quality. The $10.2 billion-asset company increased net income 66% from a year earlier to $26.5 million, it said in a news release Thursday.

Visa and PayPal have been at war for as long as PayPal has existed, and their recent cease-fire could allow both companies to overcome the barriers they have spent years building between the worlds of digital and in-store payments.

The Green Bay, Wis., company reported net income of $47 million in the second quarter, down about 1.5% from the same period last year. Associated's profitability was constrained by a $14 million provision for loan losses.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., plans to raise about $55 million through a common stock offering.

Kelly King, BB&T’s chairman and chief executive, said during his company’s quarterly conference call that he supported the effort — led by JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon — to do away with quarterly earnings projections.