Retail & Commercial

Sterling Financial (STSA) in Spokane, Wash., will buy three branches around Seattle from a unit of Boston Private Financial (BPFH).

Know where - and when - your bank's target audience goes online for information and social interaction. It’s better to have just two social media channels that are well-supported than five left unattended.

Some struggling homeowners left out of current mortgage-aid programs because their loans have been packaged into private securities could see their interest rates cut through a subsidy being considered by the Treasury Department.

Kevin Cummings makes our list of Community Bankers to Watch as his New Jersey mutual thrift mulls a second-step conversion and possible acquisitions around New York.

A healthy bank preemptively sells. Unspent capital burns a hole in a private-equity investor's pocket. A niche player waves the white flag. These are among six deal scenarios you'll see repeatedly next year.

Investors Bancorp's Kevin Cummings says the mutual thrift is ready to take the next step in its process of converting to a publicly owned company.

After doing two deals in 2012, Investors Bancorp's Kevin Cummings is ready to consider more worthwhile acquisitions.

Investors Bancorp's CEO explains why the company is expanding in the New York area, despite stiff competition from bigger banks.

Some are in new roles, some taking their banks in new directions and others most definitely on the hot seat. All eyes will be on these chief executives in the year ahead.

Michael Perry will pay the FDIC $1 million in cash from his personal funds, while the FDIC can seek the rest from Perry's professional liability insurers.