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Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Founders Bancorp in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

The president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank is best known for her dissenting votes on monetary policy, but that's not the only way she stands out. Her background as a farmer and former bank examiner gives her a unique perspective among Fed officials.

Can banks outdo online lending startups in head-to-head competition? We're about to find out. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Quicken have all entered the digital lending business, putting early entrants on the defensive.

As banks grow and their business models become more complex, some find that adding a general counsel to the staff makes sense. Bank SNB in Stillwater, Okla., says hiring one allowed it to reduce its legal fees by 80%. Here are the pros and cons.

The Bancorp's stock fell nearly 15% Friday after the Wilmington, Del., company reported a large quarterly loss tied to a bad commercial real estate loan.

The Cincinnati bank is looking to middle-market lending in the Charlotte area to fuel future expansion, CEO Greg Carmichael says. The timing may be right, given disruption from M&A, as well as the Wells Fargo scandal fallout.

The $11.2 billion-asset Banc of California said in a press release Friday that it sold the division the $4.4 billion-asset Hanmi. The companies did not disclose the price.

Back in the black and looking increasingly healthy for the first time in a decade, First Mariner is poised to accelerate growth next year.

The $381 million-asset company said its bank was no longer under a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions.

Small businesses hungry for financing will quickly ditch a banking relationship if they are unhappy, according to a new J.D. Power report.

BOK Financial's third-quarter profit fell slightly as higher legal and other costs offset growth in loans and fee income.

Customers of First Citizens Bank in Raleigh, N.C., have been unable to access their accounts online since the company upgraded its digital platform on Monday.

Several regional banks, including Huntington and UMB, have reported higher net chargeoffs in the third quarter. Is it time to be concerned?

They are called HENRYs — high earners, not rich yet — and they have the potential to generate lucrative wealth-management and other fees for banks if they could just dial back their spending.

Five banks in Kansas are putting together plans to share a compliance officer. While the move should save money, the banks are fully aware of the risks involved with the potential collaboration.

The regulatory environment could be looking brighter for New York Community Bancorp as it is poised to cross an important regulatory threshold.

First Citizens BancShares reported a sharp decline in quarterly profit that largely reflected merger-related costs and the Raleigh, N.C., company's exit from loss-sharing agreements.

Prosperity Bancshares' profit took a hit in the third quarter from lower yields on loans and higher expenses.

Ally Financial, one of the nation's largest automobile lenders, saw profits fall during the third quarter as more motorists fell behind on their car payments.

Higher mortgage banking revenue and commercial real estate lending offset merger costs at United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., leading to an improvement in third-quarter profit.