The company said the move would help it become more efficient at a time when clients are making greater use of digital channels.

The nearly $5 billion deal to acquire MB Financial would provide the Cincinnati company with immediate scale in the Windy City.

Community banks count on personal service as a differentiator to win business. But legacy technology issues can get in the way.

While working with new fintechs carries some risk, it can also provide community banks with an affordable way to upgrade products and technology.

Michael Fitzgerald, who was selected to lead United Bank, was CEO of Bank of Georgetown for 11 years before it was sold to United.

Call it mutual respect. Bankers from mutually owned British building societies and similarly structured U.S. thrifts recently gathered in New England to address common challenges and share ideas about staying relevant at a time of rapid change in financial services. Here are the takeaways from their meetings.

The Iowa company said that Bruce Lee will take over its top post next month.

Readers react to Wells Fargo’s CEO slamming the media, weigh in on regulatory relief, opine on gambling and payments and more.

Total loans at Old Dominion National Bank have tripled since 2016.

Mick Mulvaney’s recent comments about the CFPB Qualified Mortgage rule have triggered a debate over whether regulators should take into account more than one underwriting model.

Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

When potential sellers are skittish, a merger pitch from a peer who’s been through it can make the difference.

A bill to allow the USPS to offer financial products would be bad for consumers, taxpayers and the banking industry.

KS Bancorp is buying back all the shares that First Citizens acquired in an effort to take over the much smaller bank.

The Massachusetts bank agreed to buy Fabri & Rourke, which focuses on commercial insurance products.

It's too late for Congress to overturn the consumer bureau's regulation on short-term lending, but acting Director Mick Mulvaney will have plenty of chances to reshape it.

The company agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank of Crossett for about $13 million.

The most common credit union mergers involve a small credit union being acquired by a much larger one, but that could be changing, as three recent deals involving credit unions with more than $300 million in assets as the ones being merged out.

Bigger credit unions present a formidable challenge for banks in areas such as business lending.

Women frustrated with limited opportunities for advancement and problems with sexual harassment should consider creating their own financial institutions tailored to the needs of female consumers.