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Banks face immense challenges trying to keep up with technology, but they also must cater to older customers with big deposit accounts who still use their branch.

JPMorgan Fined for Conflicts; Banks Beef Up Cybersecurity

Merger activity gained steam in 2015. Total bank-deal value reached its highest level since the financial crisis as more big agreements were announced. Regional banks were among the hungriest buyers, suggesting that tougher regulatory hurdles had become less of an M&A deterrent than in previous years.

The U.S. migration to EMV chip cards garnered most of the spotlight in 2015, but the October liability shift was just the start.

With the zeal and thoroughness that the EMV transition has been discussed and covered over the past six months or so, you’d think it was the only technological innovation hitting payment cards in the marketplace.

For steering the Winston-Salem, N.C., company through an extended period of industry adversity, while providing a blueprint for large-scale M&A, King has been named American Banker's Banker of the Year for 2015.

Wells Fargo's board of directors amended the bank's bylaws to make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors.

First United Corp. in Oakland, Md., has named Carissa Rodeheaver chairman and chief executive.

Bay Bancorp in Columbia, Md., has agreed to buy Hopkins Bancorp in Pikesville, Md., for $23.8 million in cash.

Boston Private Financial Holdings has appointed its chief executive, Clayton Deutsch, as CEO of its bank subsidiary, Boston Private Bank & Trust.