The acquisition of the Texas-based lender will help Regions expand its offerings to small businesses while adding about $2 billion of loans to the bank's balance sheet.

The additions come as the Georgia regional looks to maintain momentum in commercial lending.

Total loans at Regions Financial fell slightly last year, but executives say a shift in consumer lending priorities and more aggressive C&I lending will start to pay off this year.

Citizens Financial Group’s fourth-quarter results highlight the challenges regionals face in generating top-line growth.

Low rates and spotty loan demand mean banks are having to “dig deeper” to improve efficiency and maintain profit margins.

Many business customers are putting off expansion because they can’t find enough workers to fill available jobs.

BB&T and SunTrust showed that big-bank mergers are still possible, but top executives at other large regional banks say that a knee-jerk response would be a mistake.

Readers react to the FDIC's fine against a bank over a 5-year-old consent order, Regions Financial's about-face on acquisitions, HUD's promotion of a controversial CFPB official and more.

First Horizon, Iberiabank in year's second-biggest bank merger; bank failure in New Jersey is nation's third in a week; smaller banks take a turn swinging the ax; and more from this week's most-read stories.

If the no-premium agreement announced by First Horizon and Iberiabank this week is a sign that sellers’ asking prices will come down, then Regions might reconsider its anti-M&A stance, a company executive said.