Turnover of chief risk officers is on the rise as CEOs look to add executives whose experience goes far beyond assessing credit risk. Sometimes they are promoting from within, but often they are poaching talent from rival banks.

The Cincinnati company sold 5 million shares in the payment processor, as it continues to scale back its ownership stake.

Five of the year’s biggest deals by value have been announced in the last two months, including some that involve regional banks that have been champing at the M&A bit.

The Cincinnati bank is following a wider industry strategy of opening new branches in faster-growth, urban markets.

M&A activity has picked up in recent weeks as several regional banks have struck big deals. Is it a blip or a sign of what's to come?

Holding multiple face-to-face meetings with executives from MB Financial helped Fifth Third land the Chicago company for a lower price than another suitor offered.

Banks will need to evolve further and faster to reach consumers in an interconnected, always online world, according to industry leaders.

Most big banks are launching robo-advisers to compete for a new breed of wealth management customer. The risk is that automated services will disappoint traditional customers.

Financial institutions have spent time and money to try to make their branches and digital services more accessible, but Fifth Third and TD Bank are among employers working with the nonprofit Project SEARCH to meet an overlooked need: finding jobs for young people with autism and other cognitive challenges.

The $142-billion asset bank expects to deepen relationships with existing customers and add new ones, by collaborating with Intellect Global Transaction Banking to develop new services.