Executives at several minority-owned community banks nationwide, including OneUnited Bank in Boston and Carver Federal Savings Bank in New York, say they have received a windfall of deposits in recent weeks, coinciding with the introduction of the Black Money Matters Project.

The recent rise in oil prices and a surge in loan demand helped Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas bounce back in the second quarter.

Arbor Bancorp in Ann Arbor, Mich., has agreed to buy Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares in Michigan.

Amalgamated Bank and Banco Popular, financial institutions with niche appeal, are rolling out national online platforms, calling into question what it means to be a community bank today.

Confusion among bankers on what real-time ACH payments are and how the transactions are processed is a major barrier to adoption in the U.S. Here's what banks need to know.

Profit improved at both BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp in the second quarter, about two weeks ahead of the closing date for the Los Angeles companies' merger.

Mercantile Bank Corp. in Grand Rapids, Mich., announced Tuesday that Michael Price plans to retire as president and chief executive at the end of the year after a decade at the helm of the company.

Congress appears to have reached an overwhelming consensus of support for small bank carve-outs with 70% of the Senate called for the CFPB to exempt credit unions and community banks from certain regulations. Whether signing a letter of support will make a difference in the debate is unclear.

H. Rodgin Cohen has just about seen it all over his decades of work advising bankers. The well-known lawyer looks at existing issues for banks while reflecting on past mergers that paid off for their participants.

Hawaiian Electric Industries has nixed a plan to spin off its American Savings Bank subsidiary after utility regulators rejected Hawaiian Electric’s sale to an out-of-state energy company.

Some banks are looking to reenter small-dollar consumer lending now that a recent CFPB proposal has given them greater regulatory clarity. But they may need help from technology companies to make a very labor-intensive business more profitable.

Sam Cook, who served in various roles at Central Trust Bank in Jefferson City, Mo., since the Truman administration, has died.

The Mortgage Partnership Finance Direct program will now accept larger jumbo mortgages and a wider variety of products including hybrid adjustable rate mortgages, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and Redwood Trust said Monday.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Wednesday will hold a meeting of its advisory committee on community banking, the agency announced.

Mortgage originations typically surge in a low-rate environment. Second-quarter reports should show an uptick in fees from selling those loans, but what will bankers say about the rest of this year?

The financial reform alternative proposed by Rep. Jeb Hensarling would allow bankers to be bankers rather than be so focused on regulatory compliance.

Valley View Bancshares in Overland Park, Kan., is planning to replace its longstanding practice of having multiple bank charters.

The $348 million-asset bank said in a press release Friday that Cuy Mauck will also become president when Roger Kepley retires in January.

Carver Bancorp in New York will likely report a loss for fiscal-year 2015 after restating its results. The company disclosed in a regulatory filing that the error is tied to the accrual of expenses related to invoices paid to its core system service provider.

PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles reported lower quarterly profit as higher expenses offset gains from fees and loan growth.