Nearly half of all M&A activity since 2011 has been divestitures, according to a new report from Deloitte. The data reflects banks trying to streamline their business in the new operating and regulatory environments.

You would be forgiven in thinking the OCC has been solely preoccupied with JPMorgan Chase in recent days, but the agency has disciplined three other national banks since late August, according to its monthly roundup of enforcement actions.

Banking expert Dennis Jacobe, an economist who held top posts at the U.S. League of Savings and Loan Associations, the Financial Research Institute, and the Gallup Organization, has died. He was 66.

Panelists at American Banker's Regulatory Symposium will discuss a federal proposal addressing how banks should develop risk management policies for their use of social media.

Sandler O'Neill included several new additions to its annual ranking of top-performing small banks and thrifts, suggesting that small lenders are slowly returning to pre-crisis health.

A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended Sept. 21.

City National Bank of Florida in Miami has made two executive changes as its sale to a Chilean bank nears.

Managing the royalties of oil and gas landowners could generate big new fee opportunities for well-positioned banks.

Sterling Financial in Spokane, Wash., has gone ahead with rebranding its California operations as Argent Bank despite its recent merger announcement.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn, said Gerald Plush, its president and chief operating officer, will step down at the end of the month.

Investar Bank in Baton Rouge, La., is getting ready to go public.

First Republic Bank (FRC) in San Francisco has acquired a minority stake in Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, a Los Angeles business management firm that caters to the stars.

BB&T Corp. (BBT) lost a bid to recover at least $688 million in taxes and penalties as a federal judge ruled a series of transactions with Barclays Plc (BARC), aimed at generating tax credits, lacked economic substance.

We need to encourage women to disrupt the status quo and take jobs in uncharted territory, like those in risk management, social media, mobile banking and big data analytics.

NewBridge Bancorp (NBBC) in Greensboro, N.C., has received regulatory approval to buy struggling mutual Security Savings Bank in Southport, N.C.

Deposits continue to slowly trickle out of the banking system, creating divided opinions over how much bankers should fret over the outflows.

Midland States Bancorp in Effingham, Ill., has agreed to buy Heartland Bank in St. Louis to lower its reliance on interest income, strengthen fee income and improve its chances at going public.

The $552 million-asset company announced the formation of wholly-owned subsidiary Mackinac Commercial Credit in a press release Friday.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Big bank executives in New York need to visit the heartland and get in touch with Main Street to cure lingering public resentment, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said.