Retail & Commercial

The company will pay $211 million for a bank with 22 branches and $1.2 billion in assets.

Ally and other direct banks continue to report strong deposit growth even as they slash the rates they pay to depositors. The trend suggests that the online-only approach has more staying power than its detractors believed.

Terry Turner at Pinnacle Financial says big banks in the city, including Truist Financial and Wells Fargo, are "vulnerable" to new competitors.

The company acquired ResX Warehouse Lending from People's United Financial.

Fourth-quarter fees earned from managing the assets of family offices rose 12% and were a powerful counterbalance to tighter margins.

Franklin Financial agreed to be sold less than a year after issues surfaced in its portfolio of shared national credits.

While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

Users of the challenger bank's app can automatically save money over the course of a month to cover their mobile charges.

The new group should look at protecting consumer data and how nonprime financial consumers are treated through new regulations.

Ludwig, a former regulator and CEO of Promontory Financial, and Mahan, the head of Live Oak Bancshares, say they want to back tech startups that support community banks. The ABA and ICBA are among the fund's investors.