A top mining magnate and a little-known bank backed by major global investors are among initial bidders for Citigroup’s Mexican unit, according to people with knowledge of the talks.

Credit Suisse Group Chief Executive Thomas Gottstein batted away questions on whether the bank is a takeover target and said he’s still holding out hope for a profitable second quarter.

State Street fell the most in almost two months after declining to comment on a report it’s looking to acquire Credit Suisse Group.

The prepaid card issuer has now paid a total of $18 million to Republic Bank & Trust, which sued after Green Dot's purchase of its tax-refund business unraveled.

Arlington Community Federal Credit Union is combining with InFirst FCU, whose chief executive is retiring at the end of this year.

Amid a falling population in its home state of Pennsylvania, the bank is focusing more attention — and dealmaking — on the increasingly populous and affluent Raleigh-Durham market.

An Oct. 7 trial date looms in a case involving allegations of document destruction. The high-stakes lawsuit could complicate BMO's pending acquisition of Bank of the West.

The two banks, which recently pushed back the deadline for their $2.6 billion merger, pledged Monday to ditch nonsufficient-funds fees, among other more consumer-friendly changes.

Credit Union 1 and NuMark Credit Union have separately struck deals to build a presence in and around Chicago through the acquisition of community banks.

Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Patricia Moskal ruled that Orion Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of Financial Federal Bank is legal under Tennessee law. The decision provides a road map for courts in other states to follow for similar M&A deals.

F.N.B. will beef up its presence in Raleigh and Durham with the acquisition of UB Bancorp.

On the issue of large regional mergers, former FDIC heads Sheila Bair and Thomas Hoenig said that presuming banks with more than $100 billion of assets are systemically important is “regulatory overreach.”

Executives at banks north of the border pointed this week to several potential U.S. economic snags, including inflation, the possibility of a housing market correction and soaring energy prices.

Toronto-Dominion Bank’s U.S. personal-banking business benefited from continued strength in the housing market and robust credit conditions in the fiscal second quarter.

The deal between associations in Pennsylvania and Maryland will create a $5.9 billion-asset lender called Horizon Farm Credit.

The number of acquisition announcements in April was less than half the level of a year earlier. Experts attribute this to stock market weakness, higher interest rates and elevated regulatory scrutiny.

Acquiring the 151-year-old PCSB would give the buyer its first presence in the deposit-rich metro New York marketplace. After the $313 million deal closes, Brookline will operate two separately chartered subsidiaries in addition to its namesake bank.

Citigroup is weighing a deal to buy Deutsche Bank's Mexican bank amid plans to set up a new local unit as it exits retail operations in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts said it would acquire Northmark Bank in a transaction valued at $63 million.