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Planters Holding in Indianola, Miss., has agreed to buy Covenant Financial in Clarksdale, Miss.

There's nothing like a natural disaster to make people realize how important insurance is to the banking industry.

Bank repossessions of distressed homes hit a 30-month high in July, as financial institutions continue to work through the backlog of bubble-era loans.

Alternative payments are taking hold at a brisk pace. Now a major bank lobbying group and payment company is crying foul.

While in talks to buy National Penn Bancshares, BB&T circulated an email to help key executives understand Pennsylvania’s prominent cultural and religious groups.

Heartland Payment Systems has certified Digital Dining and its iPad-based point of sale system for its EMV-ready security technologies.

Discover Financial Services topped peers in a J.D. Power credit-card customer satisfaction ranking, ousting American Express Co. from the No. 1 spot for the first time in the survey's nine years.

Horicon Bank in Horicon, Wis., has agreed to acquire a branch in Fond du Lac, Wis., from Baraboo National Bank.

Less than 48 hours after NAFCU and the Cooperative CU Association each sent NCUA letters urging the regulator to return to an 18-month examination schedule, the agency scuttled the idea.

As banks work to understand potential tech threats to their traditional business lines, Leader Bank in Massachusetts has built its own software to usurp one of its services — lockboxes used by landlords.