As the economy strengthens, more banks are facing pressure to pay up for the best lenders and tech specialists.

Wells Fargo’s troubles show that the bank needs to rebuild trust with consumers and the diverse neighborhoods where it operates in order to succeed.

The California company has agreed to buy Grandpoint Capital, a business bank in Los Angeles, for $641 million.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts is looking to prove to entrepreneurs that it is in the business for the long haul.

ATM jackpotting is a crime in which technology is manipulated to get the machine to dispense all the money it has. Unlike most cyber crime, it requires physical access, which increases the chances of getting caught.

After launching a video-banking platform in 2016, Vibrant Credit Union has now rolled the program out across its entire branch network, citing high member satisfaction rates, a boost in lending and decreased wait times.

Codorus Valley Bancorp fired Dwight Utz, the head of its bank unit, "without cause" just a few weeks after reporting earnings of $12 million for 2017.

The Fed determined that Jacob Goldstein, who was also president of NBRS Financial Bank, improperly signed off on loans without telling the board that he would benefit from them. The bank failed in 2014.

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Capital One has been rolling out coffee shops where it can offer banking services — but are not considered branches. The cafes have been especially effective at gathering deposits, putting more pressure on community banks that have already been losing deposits to their larger rivals.

A provision in the Senate’s two-year budget deal would cut the Federal Reserve's operating surplus by $2.5 billion, the second time in recent years that Congress has diverted Fed funds.

Marquette Bank is proof that community banks don't have to be the fastest or flashiest to compete with online lenders. Instead, the Chicago bank closely mirrored fintech offerings while promoting personal service to set itself apart.

Additional consolidation would not strengthen the industry, but would instead leave consumers with less choice and reduced access to financial services.

The U.S. banking arm of the Dutch lender Rabobank has forfeited nearly $370 million for anti-money-laundering deficiencies that authorities say allowed untraceable money transfers on behalf of criminals.

Patriot National in Connecticut planned to build a regional small-business lending operation on its own — until it had a chance to buy a national platform.

Its latest partner, Mantl, has built software that lets consumers open accounts in four minutes. In such alliances Radius seeks expertise it lacks, gets heavily involved in product development, and tries to balance the spirit of innovation with the demands of compliance.

Investors, a former serial acquirer that has been sidelined by an informal order tied to Bank Secrecy Act compliance, has hired an executive from EverBank.

The SEC and CFTC ask Congress to expand federal oversight of cryptocurrency trading; the recent wild swings in financial markets may boost first quarter trading revenue.

At least eight banks are in various stages of formation, including two that have opened. While that is nowhere near the de novo activity of the early 2000s, it's a positively brisk pace compared with the standstill that existed for many years after the financial crisis.

The results suggest that even as financial institutions implement more sophisticated fraud-mitigation techniques, they have not been keeping pace with criminals.