Banking

PeoplesSouth Bank in Colquitt, Ga., has agreed to buy Cadence Bancorp's Florida Panhandle branch network.

What asset threshold? Community banks may not be required by law to conduct stress tests, but about one in three have been asked by their examiners to do so, according to a recent survey of banks.

The New Jersey company's entrée into New York City had been expected for years. A week after opening an office on Madison Avenue, ConnectOne is eager to court small businesses and identify possible people to hire.

Federal judges have dismissed two lawsuits that accused Wells Fargo of reverse-redlining in Los Angeles and Cook County, Ill., Reuters reported.

Radius Bank's partnership with online investment firm Aspiration highlights a nascent trend among small banks in the race to win millennial customers: partnering with fintech firms rather than opening branches.

Ashley Madison, an online extramarital dating service that claims to protect users' privacy and security, has had its customer database compromised.

Bryn Mawr Bank in Pennsylvania said its chief financial officer resigned and it appointed two interim executives to fill his roles.

NCUA's Larry Fazio offers glimpse at how the agency's Temporary Corporate CU Stabilization Fund has performed.

Ashley Madison, an online extramarital dating service that claims to protect users' privacy and security, has had its customer database compromised.

ACA International elected new leaders at its annual meeting.

Signature Bank in New York hired a BankUnited executive and four salesmen and underwriters for its new direct commercial-vehicle financing business.

Regulators and Congress can take several key steps to ease community banks' burden, from implementing tiered regulation to requiring less frequent call reports. And they should also remember that banks are innocent until proven guilty.

Preferred Bank in Los Angeles has agreed to buy United International Bank in Flushing, N.Y.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched the first in a series of monthly reports to highlight important trends in the consumer complaint data. The monthly report includes data on company performance, complaint volume, state and local information and product trends.

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JPMorgan Chase is set to launch its new homepage on Sunday, marking its first major overhaul of Chase.com since 2012. The new homepage aims to simplify language and makes the company's news and stories feature more prominent with the hopes of driving customer engagement.

Apriva and Globalcom Engineering will partner to provide EMV hardware to various U.S. markets with unattended payments acceptance devices.

M&T, PNC, SunTrust and other regionals reported strong fee growth thanks to inroads they have made in investment banking, wealth management and other areas. It couldn't have come at a better time for them.