Branch banking

Longtime TCF Chairman and CEO Bill Cooper, who died Tuesday at the age of 73, is being remembered as an innovator who never forgot where he came from.

The company will continue its push into select, economically attractive areas as it continues to scale back its branch count elsewhere.

First Busey plans to close the $236 million cash-and-stock acquisition by the middle of this year.

Traditional banks may need to think twice about putting off higher rates on CDs and other deposit products. That’s because freer-spending online banks are adding deposits faster than they are, and more Fed rate hikes are expected to fuel that trend.

They are not a number to be pushed through an algorithm. They are people, each with unique goals and stories.

Over the last five years, the credit union also saw a 66% rise in membership, 204% increase in auto loans and a 26% uptick in real estate loans.

United continues to extend a far-flung operation that includes branches in Chicago, Denver and Florida.

The American Bankers Association has added a feature to its national crime database to help banks monitor and analyze ATM skimming.

Spark ATM expects the deal will help expand services offered to local banks and retailers in South Africa and other markets in the region.

So-called branch experts may recommend aggressive sales techniques, but the most successful sales teams talk the least about the bank’s products and services.