Astoria Financial, a New York City- area thrift under pressure from activist investor Basswood Capital Management to boost the share price, is exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.

Xpress Money is offering up its own slate of self-service kiosks, the 16-year-old global money transfer has announced.

The degree of success Starling Bank achieves could foreshadow how similar digital banking entrants in the United States might perform given a narrower product selection, a commitment to mobile, and a focus on collecting and analyzing data.

Old National is taking advantage of low interest rates by buying more than a dozen branches in solid real estate markets. An expected accounting rule change could encourage more banks to do the same.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to sell most of its health-savings account portfolio to HealthEquity in Draper, Utah.

Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., could eventually sell itself after reaching a truce with an activist investor.

Level One Bancorp in Farmington Hills, Mich., has agreed to buy Bank of Michigan in Farmington Hills. Level One said it will pay $17 a share in cash for the $110 million-asset Bank of Michigan. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter.

Heartland Financial USA is Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy CIC Bancshares in Denver.

With the EMV liability shift having just passed, banks and merchants alike are scrambling to comply with the card network-imposed deadline.

Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., reported a lower third-quarter profit, citing a decline in net interest income and higher expenses.

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City National in Los Angeles reported a 3% increase in third-quarter profit, driven by double-digit loan growth.

Iberiabank in Lafayette, La., reported higher third-quarter earnings on loan growth and because of an acquisition.

Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., rode growth in its flagship U.S. credit card business to stronger third-quarter earnings.

An early start, group meetings, one-on-one meetings, lunch in front of a computer screen, a ribbon-cutting for a new branch, it's all in a day's work for LeeAnne Linderman, the executive vice president of retail banking for Zions Bancorp and one of our Women to Watch. But the indefatigable Linderman still makes time for the United Way, the American Heart Association and her husband. "A Day in the Life" was our theme for the Most Powerful Women in Banking program this year.

How do you assemble and lead a great team? Get a peek at a day in the life of Susan Skerritt, Deutsche Bank's head of global transaction banking for the Americas, and listen in as she shares some of her leadership and management strategies. Skerritt was on our Women to Watch list for 2015 and 2014.

Auto-lending profits helped make the quarter for Huntington Bancshares and TCF Financial, but their CEOs ended up on the hot seat, as they reported results a day after the U.S. comptroller of the currency issued another warning about declining credit quality in the market.

Great news: Women snagged a handful of C-level titles at big companies this week, including Ellen Alemany, Kim Hammonds and Heather Cox, and Square stands out in Silicon Valley with a leadership team that's 60% women. Bad news: the gender pay gap is growing and there are only two women among Harvard's picks for the top 100 CEOs globally. Also in the news: Blackrock's Cheryl Mills, B of A's Cathy Bessant and ICICI's Chanda Kochhar.

The widespread adoption of online and mobile banking has largely happened at a time when rates have been near zero. At some point, rates will rise and the value of the experience will be pitted against the value of a yield for depositors. Rate-hoppers will be able to move at an unprecedented speed.

Ameriana Bancorp in New Castle, Ind., has agreed to sell its Ameriana Insurance Agency to Pfenninger, Claxton and Estelle Insurance Group for nearly $2 million.