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The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will hold two public meetings to consider the deal's impact on the U.S. banking system.

The regional bank, which recently agreed to buy SunTrust, is co-developing a game to help elementary-school kids learn to read.

The combined bank would be chartered in North Carolina, with the FDIC serving as its lead federal regulator, N.C. Banking Commissioner Ray Grace says. The merger partners had other options, including the Fed and the OCC.

Big bank mergers have historically been a catalyst for startups. Experts say it could happen again.

It took less than six months to hammer out the biggest bank merger in more than a decade, and the price was one of the last things discussed, according to a new federal filing.

American National Bankshares is trying to force the proposed American Bank & Trust to change its name.

The national awareness initiative has broadened its rollout to the Carolinas after launching in Minnesota earlier this year.

Wymar Federal Credit Union in Louisiana has also distributed a bonus to members.

Now the organizers of American Bank & Trust must raise $20 million to open the state's first new bank since the financial crisis.

Regional and community banks are eager to buy branches and hire top performers from the merging companies.