The answer depends who you ask, but an analysis of deposit and loan trends offers some insight.

FNB Bancorp in Utah, which is being sold to Glacier Bancorp, decided that the Montana bank's decentralized model would save jobs and give its management team more autonomy.

At least five banks have warned about the potential loss of tax benefits if it is proven that DC Solar operated an investor scheme.

The bank gained $45 million in PACE financings, which let homeowners pay back the costs of efficiency projects over time.

Community banks and credit unions fear a Senate plan and other legislative ideas will nullify steps taken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that have made it easier for smaller institutions to compete.

Bank of Marin CEO Russ Colombo is tightening up pricing and terms, citing soaring real estate prices in markets like San Francisco.

American National Bankshares is trying to force the proposed American Bank & Trust to change its name.

Steans, a former LaSalle Bank chairman who also led the financial crisis recapitalization that saved Taylor Capital, died on Tuesday. He was 83.

The FDIC reserve fund is nearing a threshold that will trigger a temporary reprieve on deposit insurance premiums for banks with less than $10 billion of assets.

Victor Karpiak stepped down as CEO of First Financial in 2013 after years of wrangling with a prominent activist investor.

The companies have teamed up on a product to help banks, especially small ones, give customers more accurate insights into their own financial health.

United Community, Synovus, Cadence and others stand to gain lenders and customers even if BB&T flawlessly integrates the $28 billion acquisition.

Hometown, which agreed to buy Millbury Savings Bank, has already completed one acquisition this year and has another pending.

The Seattle company has a letter of intent to sell its home loan centers to Homebridge Financial Services.

With U.S. sanctions in place against Venezuela, banks fear compliance violations; exclusion and cyber attacks the biggest concerns of cash-free society.

Ronald Rubin, who was a CFPB enforcement attorney, will head an office overseeing nearly 200 state-chartered banks.

The drudgery of filling out forms and changing bills prevents many customers from swapping banks. One fintech has simplified that exchange, and banks are willing to pay it to deliver them new customers.

The CEO of the nation's biggest bank gave the fintech props for revolutionizing payments and then building off its success to provide a whole range of services to small-business clients.

The agency wants to increase the maximum SBA Express loan to $1 million from $350,000 to pump up volume.

The foray into digital consumer lending follows a similar move by rival Citigroup.