On its path to diversify beyond check printing, Deluxe has agreed to purchase Texas-based merchant services firm First American Payment Systems for $960 million.

Clarity on credit quality has bankers ready to strike deals after a lengthy pause. A steady rise in stock prices has also given potential buyers the financial wherewithal to pursue acquisitions.

The Dallas company agreed to sell MSRs tied to $14 billion of mortgages to PHH Mortgage.

The Tennessee company says it has been pitching specialty finance products inherited from Iberiabank to its own clients.

Burns & McDonnell Credit Union holds just $27 million of assets and is seeking approval to merge into CommunityAmerica, which serves the KC metro region and is the largest credit union in Kansas and Missouri.

Rhodium BA Holdings said it has proposed paying a higher price to disrupt the banking company's proposed sale to DLP Real Estate Capital.

The San Diego company will pay $55 million to Morgan Stanley for a business that has 200 custody relationships, $23 billion of custodial assets and $1.2 billion of deposits.

The Connecticut company has struggled to put deposits from its health savings account business to work across the Northeast. Buying Sterling Bancorp for $5 billion will provide Webster with new opportunities in a number of business lines, including asset-based lending and equipment finance.

Mastercard is buying Ekata, a startup that has been rapidly developing AI-powered digital identity tools that weed out online fraud during the recent surge in e-commerce during the pandemic.

Funds affiliated with HPS Investment Partners plan to buy Marlin Business Services for $282 million.

Trabian Technology, which builds digital products and mobile applications, is the latest in a series of technology-related purchases by MVB.

The company would gain 10 branches around Sacramento as part of the $135 million acquisition.

The Connecticut company will have more than 200 branches and $64 billion of deposits after completing the acquisition.

The Arkansas company, once a prolific acquirer, last bought a bank in 2017 but now has three M&A deals in the works as it seeks new sources of growth.

An interactive dialogue with Founder and CEO of NorthOne on the fintech industry, the growing needs of challenger banks, and the future of SMB banking.

Investment banker Robert Jackey has left Citigroup to join SVB Financial Group, according to people familiar with the matter, as the parent of Silicon Valley Bank bulks up its health care advisory unit.

PNC Financial Services Group Chief Executive Bill Demchak said he wants to position the bank to perform in a sector in which smaller firms are disappearing amid a wave of consolidation.

The company will gain seven branches, including one in Richmond, Va., after it acquires Sevier County, which is based in eastern Tennessee.

The Wisconsin company is paying $248 million for Mackinac, which has $1.5 billion of assets and $1.3 billion of deposits.

The Mississippi company has never done a deal this large. But buying Houston-based Cadence would take it into high-growth markets and reduce both companies' concentrations in sectors such as energy, dining and hospitality.