Which large and midcap bank stocks have the most momentum? These 12 banks started the year off with the biggest bang, as measured by gains in stock price.

Endeavor Bank, which raised nearly $27 million, will become the second new bank to open in California in the past year when it debuts next week.

Executives at U.S. Bancorp and Bank of America plan to use their tax savings to ramp up spending on new technology to stay competitive — but they sought to reassure investors that they would not abandon cost control.

Liberty will add a branch in Kansas City, Mo., along with three locations in nearby communities.

Providing the default card in digital subscription services is one way banks can win back bill-pay business, save customers time and help them manage their data.

Blue Lion Capital, which had a recent request for a board seat rejected, plans to nominate multiple people to run for the board at HomeStreet's next annual meeting.

Ameris, which was operating under a regulatory order when it agreed to buy Atlantic Coast, agreed to pay more money if it failed to complete the acquisition by mid-2018.

The move comes at a time when banks are becoming more aggressive in acquiring or investing in financial technology companies.

The company is gaining heft in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with its $34 million purchase of First Federal of Northern Michigan.

Progressives have been setting off alarm bells this week over the Senate’s bill to ease some Dodd-Frank rules, but the changes are more modest than many assume.

The company, which bought BNC Bancorp to enter North Carolina last year, recorded $19.1 million in merger-related expenses and an $8.3 million pretax loss tied to investment securities.

Cecere, 57, will succeed longtime executive Richard Davis, who has served as chairman since retiring as CEO last year.

The company agreed to buy First Priority Financial for $82 million in stock.

The activist investor, which has pressured the company in the past to find a buyer, fell short in an attempt last year to gain representation.

Kevin Fitzsimmons, who had recently covered banks for Hovde Group, will become FIG Partners' deputy director of research.

The New York bank has begun marketing Marcus loans as a way to pay for home improvements, while also raising the maximum loan size to $40,000.

The Tennessee company has been buying banks in smaller markets and college towns where it rarely has to compete with financial giants.

The Arkansas company's net income topped $100 million for the first time, though it largely reflected the revaluation of its deferred tax liability.

Fast growth in use of the bank's instance of the person-to-person payments product indicates it could one day rival Venmo.

The JPMorgan Chase CEO is rejecting arguments that banks are poised to loosen underwriting standards to win more mortgage business. He said what's needed to encourage banks to make more loans to borrowers with spotty credit files are changes to FHA rules and other policy fixes.