The growth of digital channels is changing bank M&A values, forcing buyers to focus less on branches and more on the volume of customer data.

Nondepository lenders are beating their bank competitors when it comes to both digital innovation and market share in the mortgage industry. As interest rates rise, banks will need to move toward electronic closings and adopt other innovations if they want to stay competitive.

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People's Utah Bancorp in American Fork has its next chief financial officer waiting in the wings a year in advance.

Advia Credit Union in Parchment, Mich., has agreed to buy Peoples Bank in Elkhorn, Wis.

Shore Bancshares in Easton, Md., has agreed to buy three branches around Baltimore from Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa.

A unit of M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y., has bought certain operations of Philadelphia mortgage firm Carey, Kramer, Pettit, Panichelli & Associates.

Garrett Richter is taking on a bigger role at First Florida Integrity Bank in Naples.

An influx of new people to the Pacific Northwest and Southeast could have big implications for banking, from M&A to de novo efforts.

The Federal Reserve has terminated a written agreement with First Personal Financial in Orland Park, Ill., that had existed for more than six years.

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Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., has promoted Dianne Grenz to become its chief consumer banking officer.

CenterState Banks in Winter Haven, Fla., is looking to raise at least $60 million through a public offering.

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Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., landed the first sizeable deal of the New Year with an agreement to buy Pacific Continental in Eugene, Ore.

Though banks are bigger in peer-to-peer payments overall, Venmo is better at functionality and branding and millennials love it. Now banks are launching Zelle with high hopes and the advantage of real-time speed. Can they catch up? Should they even bother?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give the state's banking regulator the power to ban "bad actors" from working in financial services, allowing it to step in when federal agencies refuse to act.

Chatbots, virtual assistants and the like may mean fewer direct interactions between banks and consumers, fintech leaders say. But branches will become self-service destinations.