Oklahoma

The company will gain more than $500 million in assets after buying Eastman National and Cache Holdings.

Under Steven Bradshaw, the Oklahoma bank is engaging employees as never before by investing heavily in training and development. Don't think customers haven't noticed.

Oil prices are dropping again, but some lenders think now is the time to recommit to energy lending as long as they underwrite them a certain way for certain borrowers in certain regions.

Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican, sided with consumer advocates over payday lenders in a fight that is playing out in numerous states.

The Oklahoma company did not disclose how many shares it could sell or how much it could raise.

Bankers got what they asked for when the Federal Open Market Committee raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points this week, but some banks could face near-term pain as securities portfolios lose value and certain hedging strategies backfire. Moreover, the rate hike won't have a meaningful impact on net interest margins until loan demand picks up.

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.

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.

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

Groups in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and elsewhere are stepping up efforts to create programs and conferences dedicated to younger bankers, including millennials.

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Several lenders are attempting to recover a combined total of nearly $500 million from the estate of the deceased chief executive of an Oklahoma energy company.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., reported lower quarterly profit that reflected a still-elevated loan-loss provision.

The $31 billion-asset company said in a press release that Marty Grunst will also join its executive leadership team on Aug. 1.

The $3 billion-asset First United did not disclose how much it will pay for the $2.3 billion-asset American Bank. The deal is expected to close later this year.

The rise in oil prices in recent months is welcome news for the energy sector, but it doesn't mean that oil and gas firms — and the banks that lend to them — are out of the woods just yet.

RCB Bank in Claremore, Okla., has agreed to buy CornerBank in Winfield, Kan.

Midland Financial in Oklahoma City has hired a former Wells Fargo executive to run its finance unit.

Former Oklahoma governor and American Bankers Association chief Frank Keating has been named a director of BancFirst in Oklahoma City.

With energy stocks enjoying the biggest rebound since the beginning of the oil rout, short sellers have shifted their sights to regional banks that do business with the industry.