Numerated, a vendor of loan prospecting, marketing and underwriting software that was developed within Eastern Bank, now has $32 million.

Bank Independent in Alabama was among the first to let customers bank through Amazon Alexa. Its digital chief, Kelly Burdette, shares how and why.

The massive scale of the e-commerce market is burdening community banks with its volume of payments. But there may be strength in numbers.

When the former vice president and Massachusetts senator appear together in Houston, they could present two contrasting visions of financial policy within the presidential field.

A proposed combination of First Defiance and United Financial is designed to create an Ohio company that can better weather shocks from lower rates and economic uncertainty.

Donald Wetzel, the man who devised the first U.S. cash dispenser, says automated tellers will always exist — even as they evolve beyond their initial purpose.

M&T has skillfully used hedges, maintained an appropriate loan mix and resisted offering market-leading deposit rates, its chief financial officer said at a financial services conference.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

The deal between First Defiance and United Community would create a $6 billion-asset bank.

Charging customers $40 for a $10 overdraft “makes no mathematical sense,” Chime CEO Chris Britt says in a critique of traditional banks.

Skip Brown, an executive with Winston-Salem Banking Group, says it has signed a letter of intent to buy a community bank three months after withdrawing a charter application.

Other banks have made splashy acquisitions there, but PSB Holdings is getting ready to open a branch after making inroads in the market for three years. Its next step could be M&A.

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Both banks focus on the Chinese-American community.

Prosecutors are investigating the involvement of Ashton Ryan and another executive in the New Orleans bank's 2017 collapse, a federal judge recently wrote in a decision on a related matter.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has told large U.S. financial institutions including Goldman Sachs and American Express they should do more to help black- and women-owned community banks win federal contracts.

Driver Management said it believes the company would create more shareholder value by finding a buyer.

There's been a significant lag in how financial institutions serve commercial clients with mobile technology, and that creates an opportunity for credit unions.