The region is responsible for a third of all bank sellers — and more than half of the industry's overall deal volume.

The bank received conditional court approval to create a settlement fund of at least $142 million to cover 11 class actions filed after its fake-accounts scandal.

Energy sensors will let JPMorgan Chase master-control everything from office temperatures to sprinkler systems in an attempt to preserve the scale of its branch network but lower the costs.

Expansions, donations and 500 pounds of crawfish.

ESSA Bank & Trust has successfully worked with a federal program that helps former prisoners in some eastern Pennsylvania towns get back into society, and it plans to expand the program to the Philadelphia market.

Community banks are less likely to close branch locations than their larger counterparts. But those branches should mix technology with the homespun local flavor customers have come to expect.

N26 will soon add insurance service to go along with its mobile payments, and credit and savings accounts.

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

There is too much customer and regulatory inertia for banks’ business model to become irrelevant overnight. The real danger is banks will fade out of the picture over time.

Online and mobile banking are essential elements in 21st-century financial services, but there’s more to banking than digital transactions.

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

Green Bancorp has pivoted from the troubled energy-lending market to SBA loans, which are appealing to more small banks because they can be sold at a premium and are getting more support from Washington.

As you'll see from this list, regional banks are doing a better job bolstering their reputations than the big banks are, according to the 2017 American Banker/Reputation Institute Survey of Bank Reputations.

AutoGravity of Irvine, Calif., has received $30 million in equity financing from VW Credit, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Scholarships, groundbreakings, donations to worthwhile causes and other ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.

Whether it is a bank branch or an automated fast-food kiosk, talented and engaged employees will remain integral to future success.

Sellers may shy away from partnering with banks that rely too heavily on one individual for their success, so buyers must show they are ready to handle unexpected departures or illnesses involving key personnel.

IT work is getting more complex, and that's delaying revenue, according to Diebold Nixdorf.

If HSBC reaches an agreement with the government, it could give an early indication of how the Trump administration will levy financial penalties.

It might seem unusual for an Old National Bancorp to lure away a regional executive from the much larger Fifth Third, but not in wealth management, where competitiveness can be as much about emphasis as size.