Newcomers Nymbus, Neocova, Finxact and Technisys and older competitors like Temenos, Infosys and Oracle are winning over community and regional banks by offering what some bankers describe as more flexible technology at fairer prices.

Despite what one critic says, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of branches from TCF Financial will help underserved communities in Arizona.

The California company will pay $1 billion for Opus, a once highflying bank that struggled with credit issues in recent years.

The people of tiny Duncan, Ariz., have found creative ways to adapt to life in a banking desert, but their experience augurs a worrisome future for many other rural communities.

National Lloyds, which provides insurance for mobile homes, has a distribution network that operates in 40 states.

Mortgages, auto loans and credit cards should perform well for the next two quarters. Beyond that, all bets are off.

Lenders that depend on the Export-Import Bank to back loans to exporters are already seeing business borrowing pick up after Congress reauthorized the agency in December.

Kenneth Lehman, a former banking attorney who acquires large stakes in small banks, will buy BankFlorida, which lost $555,000 through the first nine months of 2019.

The head of the small-bank trade group called for hearings to discuss tougher limits on credit union acquisitions of banks.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.

The promise of post-closing payments encourages top executives to pursue deals that aren’t necessarily in their self-interest, but investors may eventually raise concerns that the packages are expensive and too focused on the short term.

The Los Angeles company set aside more money to cover a problem loan after an updated appraisal of the credit's collateral.

A fifth of U.S. banks may lack the stock multiples it takes to pursue acquisitions, so they're looking for other ways to improve results and deploy capital.

Timothy Crane is set to succeed Ed Wehmer as president, though Wehmer will remain the Illinois company's CEO.

The recent Dodd-Frank rollbacks for smaller banks could encourage risk-taking that leads to a systemic issue.

Luis Massiani has been the company's chief financial officer since 2012.

CenterState and South State are the latest regionals to announce a deal driven heavily by the need to compete with larger banks that can afford to spend more on cutting-edge technologies.

Bask Bank will offer customers AAdvantage miles for every dollar saved.

The deal will create a bank with $34 billion in assets and operations stretching from Virginia to Florida.

The pot banking bill is a long shot after recent criticism by the Senate Banking chairman, but bankers are trying a new argument in a last-ditch effort to sway lawmakers.