The Baltimore company will pay $31 million for MB Bancorp.

Readers strongly react to whether the CFPB should have a say on bank mergers and if tribal areas should have special CRA credit, debate whether banks are embracing enough technology and more.

Enova has used AI in credit decisions for years. Now it’s having AI do the work of document verification, know-your-customer checks and more.

Falling stock prices and concerns about the health of the economy are depressing deal activity.

With brick-and-mortar locations dwindling, it’s even more important to meet potential customers in the field.

About 15% of the bank’s partners are likely to leave this year to make room for new ones; the bank said it is looking into why it charges some customers even after their accounts are closed.

Despite the growth of digital advice, there's resistance to the business inside banks because of internal politics and a lack of data sharing, the company's CEO says.

Intense competition for deposits and a growing need for scale are spurring more New Jersey banks to seek out buyers.

The Fed's development of a real-time payments systems has sparked a pointless debate about paper checks.

Elevations' purchase of Cache Bank & Trust would be the first credit union acquisition of a bank in the state.

Banks have to be more resourceful with technology and less dependent on high interest rates.

AltaPacific's recent agreement to sell itself to Banner Corp. came after it started down a list 14 financial institutions last year, held discussions with at least nine suitors, and considered deals with a credit union and a business development company.

Year to date through Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

Year to date through Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

Institutions that don't fully provide information on how they provide access to deposited funds could be putting their members and the credit union at risk.

An agency with a mission to protect consumers deserves to have a role in approving M&A deals.

A growing number of companies, led by Walmart, are offering payroll advance loans to their workers; Christian Sewing said he will invest 15% of his net earnings in the German bank’s struggling shares.

Seeking to expand financial services access, tribal officials and some firms want regulators to award Community Reinvestment Act credit to any bank that funds projects in Native American communities.

At the same time, consumers hold banks to tougher disclosure standards than government agencies, health care organizations and retailers, according to Experian.

Joseph Campanelli, CEO of Needham Bank, wants to be ready to scoop up mutuals struggling with rising costs and yield curve challenges.