While optimistic about the economy, bankers at this year's ICBA convention are still concerned about credit unions and other nonbanks, the role of technology, weakness in the agricultural sector and succession planning.

Independent Community Bankers of America CEO Camden Fine said his group “will not participate in making the perfect the enemy of the good” when it comes to further amending the regulatory relief bill.

The company will take a nearly $10 million hit after setting aside funds to cover a case of potential borrower fraud.

Financial Institutions, the parent of Five Star Bank, was hit with a "needs to improve" rating after a review of its activities from 2011 to 2013.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's “Project Catalyst,” launched six years ago to help fintech companies navigate regulations, has failed to deliver.

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BankFirst Financial Services in Columbus, Miss., has acquired HomeFirst, a mortgage services firm.

Use of alternative data in traditional credit scoring would help consumers access the banking system and lower their cost of credit.

Park National, which came to regret its acquisition of a Florida bank just before the financial crisis, took more than a year to vet NewDominion before making an offer.

Online banks and some credit unions are responding to Fed rate hikes by aggressively raising deposit rates on CDs, savings accounts and money market products, while the nation's biggest banks are largely standing pat — for now.

With substantial regulatory relief within reach, community bankers should use their clout to shape cybersecurity policy and ensure a level playing field for banks and nonbanks, retiring ICBA chief Cam Fine says.

The company's deal for Coastway Bancorp in Rhode Island makes sense since both institutions are former credit unions.

The National Credit Union Administration’s defense of changes to a field-of-membership rule was challenged by a federal judge on Wednesday, suggesting an American Bankers Association lawsuit against the revisions may be successful.

With rate hikes aplenty expected this year, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are said to be subdividing key markets to target deposit pricing in the future and minimize costs. These are among several innovative steps large banks are taking to prepare for more competition for deposits.

A customer is claiming that the Chicago bank operates a "predatory" overdraft fee program.

Organizers in Winston-Salem are planning to raise at least $25 million to form Community Bank of the Carolinas.

The credit union's deal for American Founders Bank would be the third credit union acquisition of a bank this year.

The online giant has succeeded in disrupting every area of retail, but in banking it faces a high barrier to entry and fierce determination from banks like Citizens Financial and Bank of the West to keep upping their games.

Timothy Zimmerman is optimistic about regulatory relief and the capabilities of the association's next CEO, but he remains wary of nonbank competition and cybersecurity risk.

The online lender is hiring Kenneth Brause, a CIT Group executive, to succeed CFO Howard Katzenberg.