Retail & Commercial

If you are a small bank willing to sell for cash, there's an increasing chance a large credit union might be interested in making you an offer.

Big banks are getting surprisingly good grades for customer satisfaction, despite lingering scandals and waves of new fees since the financial crisis, according to J.D. Power. Big banks' better technology and efforts to improve their customer service have off-set some of the reputational issues affecting them, J.D. Power executive Rocky Clancy explains.

The Farm Credit Administration will also withdraw a proposal that would have allowed its lenders to make investments in non-agricultural businesses.

United Bancshares (UBSI) in Charleston, W.Va., and Virginia Commerce Bancorp (VCBI) in Arlington have pushed back the deadline for their merger as they await final regulatory approval.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took action against six banks and freed a dozen from orders in October.

New York's city council recently voted to allow campaign contributions to be made by text message.

Canada's largest lenders, whose shares soared to record highs last month, are banking on wealth management to help counter a capital markets slump and weaker consumer borrowing.

The chief financial officer of First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) in Indiana, Pa., is retiring.

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) in Stuart plans to redeem its $50 million of outstanding Troubled Asset Relief Program shares.

The insurance subsidiary of Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., is taking over a group of accounts from Wells Fargo's (WFC) insurance unit.