MainSource Bank in Greensburg, Ind., has agreed to buy the assets managed by Krumme and Brock Investment Services in Seymour, Ind. The employees of the Krumme firm, including owners Galen Krumme and Cliff Brock, would join MainSource Bank's wealth management division.

United Community Bancorp (UCBA) of Lawrenceburg, Ind., is suspending the payment of dividends on its common stock until the company completes a pending second-step conversion.

Business activity in the banking sector increased in August for the third straight month, according to industry executives surveyed for American Banker's latest Index of Banking Activity.

eAppraiseIT provided real estate appraisals to a former mortgage lending giant during the run-up to the housing crisis will pay $7.8 million to settle charges that its appraisers conspired with the lender to puff up home values.

Tri Counties Bank in Chico, Calif., will pay as much as $2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claims it failed to properly pay overtime.

The CFPB flexes its muscle in a Discover deal, Sheila Bair blasts a double standard for hurting small banks and mortgage settlement overseer Joe Smith weighs in on progress to date.

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Fast-growing Achieva CU is scheduled to break ground this morning on a $10 million, 67,000-square-foot headquarters project near its old Clearwater offices.

Under the landmark settlement with MasterCard and Visa, retailers could soon start surcharging customers for paying with plastic. Here's why that could be bad news for PayPal.

An unnamed investor will inject $5.5 million into the troubled Anchor Commercial Bank in North Palm Beach, Fla., through a subscription agreement.

Hampton Roads Bankshares in Norfolk, Va., has completed its $45 million rights offering, though its private-equity partners were the largest contributors.

Aquiline Capital Partners, a private-equity firm based in New York, is buying First Investors Financial Services Group, a Houston auto lender, for $100 million.

A bipartisan group of 53 senators is calling on banking regulators to consider the impact that proposed Basel III capital standards will have on community banks.

User input from a pair of tech firms says a vast majority of lenders who are moving toward automated processing have an eye on the stew of mortgage rules that mandate more disclosure and tighter processing.

Banks are growing increasingly worried that the failure to stem impending tax hikes and steep budget cuts could reduce lending demand, savage profits and cripple M&A activity.

The $1.5 billion-asset Fidelity said it plans to consolidate its existing branch in Liberty, N.C., into the newly acquired location less than a mile away.

Forget the chitchat, find seasoned bankers (especially from your previous employer) and invite them over to meet the CEO — that's the recruiting formula Rodney Rushing uses at ServisFirst.

The Fed had reached the agreements in 2010 with America's Community Bank in Blue Springs, Mo., and First Capital West Bankshares in Laramie, Wyo.

BNC Financial Group (BNFI) in New Canaan, Conn., has promoted Robert J. Palermo to become the president of Bank of Fairfield.

The credit card issuer intends to offset an expected decline in revenue from add-on products by becoming a more well-rounded consumer bank.

Bankers "wake up in the middle of the night" worrying about data breaches, a Citigroup executive said this week, as several big banks faced a wave of cyber attacks.