The acting comptroller rejected a moratorium on bank mergers, but reiterated concerns about the resolvability of large regional banks.

The Minneapolis company announced $100 billion in investments, including substantial spending in California, over the next five years. The agreement with groups that previously withheld their support removes a major hurdle in winning regulatory approval for the $8 billion deal.

The Florida bank said it would pay $173 million to buy Drummond Banking, which operates 18 branches in the northern part of the state.

The Minneapolis company, which previously said it expected the $8 billion acquisition to close in the first half of 2022, has become less firm about that projection.

United Community, which bought Reliant Bancorp in Tennessee earlier this year, would deepen its presence in several Southeastern markets and expand its wealth management business with its deal for Progress Financial.

Long Game, which Truist acquired for an undisclosed sum, allows consumers to set savings goals and earn extra cash by playing casino-style lottery games.

Investors had grown increasingly concerned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and the ensuing financial sanctions thrust upon many of Russia’s largest banks — would thwart Citigroup’s efforts to exit its operations in the country, a push the New York-based lender first announced last year.

Ana Botin, the chair of Banco Santander, called Mexico a “growth engine” for the bank but cautioned that the lender would only seek to buy Citigroup’s retail business in the country if certain requirements are met.

First Century Bancorp has terminated its sale to First Internet Bancorp because the two banks were unable to close the transaction on schedule and failed to agree on terms for an extension.

First Citizens BancShares said its $2.2 billion acquisition of CIT Group, closed in the first quarter after months of regulatory delays, is finally coming together.

The two companies, which have not received government approval to complete their now year-old pending deal, postponed the deadline to Oct. 31 and have decided to make the combined entity a national bank.

LincolnWay Community Bank in Illinois has agreed to be sold to CoVantage in Wisconsin, adding to a trend of bank-credit union deals that has drawn backlash from many small-bank executives.

The Mississippi-based First says the deal would allow it to acquire key talent, bolster its presence in northwest Florida and expand into the Tampa area.

M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York, named Peter D’Arcy head of commercial banking after completing its acquisition of People’s United Financial earlier this month. D’Arcy will take over from Gino Martocci, who is retiring.

Health care, home improvement, cannabis, gaming and college students are among the areas banks are targeting with the help of innovative tools.

First Horizon Advisors resolved a supervisory investigation involving a former rep after its parent firm announced it’s being purchased for $13.4 billion.

Noah Bank is considering proposals from an investor group and a New Jersey-based peer.

Earnings and total loans fell in the first quarter at M&T, but the Buffalo, New York, bank offered a rosier forecast for the rest of 2022. The outlook anticipates a shot in the arm from the recent acquisition of People's United Financial.

Bruce Van Saun, the Rhode Island bank’s CEO, previewed a branch-light strategy in new markets like South Florida and Washington, D.C. Citizens recently closed acquisitions of Investors Bancorp and much of HSBC’s U.S. retail banking business.

Regulators in a half dozen states have now thrown at least temporary roadblocks in front of credit unions’ effort to buy community banks.