Ohio

First Merchants in Muncie, Ind., has agreed to buy Arlington Bank in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Five federally insured, low-income credit unions earned certification as community development financial institutions

Profits at the Midwestern bank fell on lower adjusted noninterest income and loans and on a one-time item.

The $143 billion-asset company has agreed to buy the Retirement Corporation of America, an advisory firm based in Fifth Third’s headquarters city that focuses on the needs of retirees.

Wayne Savings Bancshares in Wooster, Ohio, is facing pressure to sell itself just weeks after its CEO resigned.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has a new chief legal officer.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has converted its banking unit from a national charter to a state charter.

The commercial-and-industrial loan space is overheated, higher rates could stifle mortgage refinancings, and subprime auto delinquencies are on the rise. Bankers could be fighting these fires and more in the new year.

Wayne Savings Bancshares in Wooster, Ohio, is looking for a new CEO.

Ohio Legacy in North Canton viewed FirstMerit’s sale to Huntington as a motivator find a buyer of its own. It turned to United Community, an institution it had talked to on two other occasions.

Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, said it plans to add 1,000 jobs by 2024 at a new office complex in Columbus and lend $300 million to low- and moderate-income communities in the city over the next five years.

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

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

Huntington Bancorp's profits took a hit in the third quarter from $159 million in merger and integration costs tied to its acquisition of FirstMerit.

Amid shrinking yields, rising delinquencies and repeated warnings from regulators about frothy market conditions, several banks said on earnings calls that they plan to scale back or hold the line on indirect auto lending.

Greg Carmichael, who has been on the job nearly a year as Fifth Third's CEO, has started putting his stamp on the company by aggressively trimming branches in favor of mobile, seeking to build up its consumer credit business and retooling the balance sheet.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati reported higher third-quarter profit on the termination of tax receivables from its Vantiv payments subsidiary and several other one-time items.

The $141 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that it had appointed four managing directors to oversee designated regions for the lending group.

First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa., has agreed to buy DCB Financial in Lewis Center, Ohio, for $106 million in cash and stock.

Park National in Newark, Ohio, has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that its loan-loss accounting underplayed credit problems at a troubled acquisition.