The bank scored highest on customers’ assessments of product offerings and satisfaction with digital channels among eight national banks studied.

The company adds to a growing list of banks shutting branches to invest in technology offerings.

The agency’s second in-depth study of the community banking sector pointed to continued challenges for local institutions from the pandemic and other headwinds, but many smaller banks are reaping the benefits of M&A and holding their own against larger competitors in key lending categories.

The digital-only bank is running a new promotion in which it will set up and fund, with $250, an online savings account for any baby born on New Year’s Eve.

The company agreed will pay nearly $10 million for Sunset parent Waukesha Bankshares.

The Independent Community Bankers of America had planned to hold its annual conference in Hawaii before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Cardtronics has benefited from a wave of branch closings during the pandemic by partnering with lenders looking to offer their customers access to cash even when a full-scale branch isn’t available.

The community bank and fintech are offering the first live bank account and debit card that offer rewards in the form of bitcoin.

The accelerating pace of branch closures is partly due to industry consolidation, according to the community reinvestment group that authored the new report.

The Columbus, Ohio, company says it has delivered on M&A promises before, and many observers say its deal for rival TCF Financial is an opportunistic move in its bid to build a Midwestern powerhouse. But others questioned whether Huntington's cost-cutting and profit expectations are too optimistic.

The Amarillo company is buying First National Bank of Tahoka, continuing the industry’s consolidation in the state.

The mobile banking and paperless habits bank customers picked up during the pandemic are here to stay, and financial institutions are working to strengthen their digital offerings, speakers at an American Banker conference said.

The $62.7 million merger of Linkbancorp and Gratz Bank would create a company with over $800 million of assets and nine branches stretching from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia suburbs.

The architects of two major loan deals featuring Black banks, one involving multiple lenders and a pro sports franchise and another backed by Citigroup, say more transactions like these are in the works.

The events of this year transformed banking, for better or worse. Smart bankers will build on the ways they learned to do their jobs better.

The Pittsburgh company also sold a portfolio of indirect auto loans and repaid a large amount of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings.

To get the word out to the Indian and Asian immigrants it's targeting, OnJuno is using social media influencers that include a well-known Japanese-American chess player and running ads during streamed cricket matches.

The Biden administration could curtail federal support for farmers, even with bankruptcies and requests for loan workouts on the rise. Banks are hoping that increases in crop prices and exports to China could help avert a credit crisis.

To improve a declining rating in the annual American Consumer Satisfaction Index, credit unions may have to make hefty investments in technology upgrades, something most of them can't afford.

Bill Knott succeeded Terrie Spiro as leader of the Maryland bank, which raised capital in 2017 by going through a complicated bankruptcy process.