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There are countless considerations banks face when joining another institution, but blending two distinct organizational philosophies into a healthy culture must be a top priority.

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U.S. home sellers in March sold their homes for $30,500 more than the purchase price, a 17% average gain in price and the highest average gain for home sellers since December 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 U.S. Home Sales report.

Wider margins and expense control boosted quarterly profits at BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., has agreed to buy Treasure State Bank in Missoula, Mont., for $12.9 million in cash and stock

TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., reported sharply higher profits driven by gains on the sale of auto loans even as auto-related chargeoffs rose.

Bank of New York Mellon, the custody bank under pressure from activist investors to improve results, reported a 5% increase in first-quarter profit as it cut expenses and benefited from higher interest rates in the U.S.

Higher compensation and credit costs drove down quarterly profits at Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati, offsetting revenue gains.

Federal regulators unveiled a long-awaited proposal Thursday designed to target incentive-based pay arrangements for executives at banks and credit unions, the agencies' second attempt after their initial plan met fierce resistance.

Global regulators beefed up rules for tackling interest-rate risk in banks' loan books, but stopped short of imposing binding capital requirements after fierce opposition from the financial industry.