FleetCor Technologies, whose peers with fleet-card roots include WEX and U.S. Bank Voyager, has been on an M&A streak that netted several B2B payments specialists in areas that take FleetCor in new directions, as rivals also diversify.

First Kansas, part of the multibank holding company Ottawa Bancshares, expects to complete the acquisition early next year.

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon wants to remind the world that his bank is looking to make an acquisition. "If you've got brilliant ideas, give me a call," the CEO said.

Executives from U.S. banks continue to play down near-term expectations, but they say customers are growing more confident ahead of the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, and that key commercial lending segments could drive an economic rebound.

Canoga Postal's merger plans mark the second consolidation in a month for institutions serving USPS employees.

Financial Institutions in New York has agreed to acquire Landmark Group, which provides services to the construction, manufacturing, real estate and technology sectors.

The company's insurance arm, which recently bought a Texas-based insurance tech firm, is on pace to complete five deals this quarter.

Global payments provider Paysafe Group Holdings has agreed to a merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp., a transaction fueled through investments of more than $2 billion.

The incoming Biden administration must take steps to block mergers that could create monopolies, such as Visa's pending acquisition of a competitor.

Acquirers shelved plans to buy banks this year as the coronavirus became widespread, but a combination of factors could spur the confidence to restart those conversations in the months ahead.

Thanks to a frenzy of transactions in the past week, 2020 is already the second-busiest year since the financial crisis for deals involving banks, financial technology companies, insurers and asset managers.

Members of tiny Gloucester Municipal CU are set to vote early next year on whether to join Metro Credit Union.

The U.K. banking giant is reportedly mulling an exit from retail banking in the United States. It could attract more interest if it tries to sell its network in pieces instead of looking for a single buyer, analysts say.

The companies took a pause from merger discussions when the pandemic hit to evaluate their individual circumstances.

Visa insists that the Department of Justice, in objecting to its proposed $5.3 billion purchase of Plaid, fundamentally misunderstands the changing role of data in the payments industry.

The Massachusetts company, which had a big second-quarter loss after writing down the goodwill tied to past acquisitions, will sell eight branches to Investors Bancorp and shutter 16.

The company agreed to acquire a Colorado plan provider that operates as RPS Plan Administration and 24HourFlex.

Grab Holdings Inc. and Gojek have made substantial progress in working out a deal to combine their businesses in what would be the biggest internet merger in Southeast Asia, according to people with knowledge of the talks.

Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to buy Slack Technologies Inc. for $27.7 billion in cash and stock, giving the corporate software giant a popular workplace-communications platform in one of the biggest technology deals of the year.

Jobs will be harder to find for graduates, and there are new underwriting platforms that can better predict students' future income in their chosen field.