Sterling Financial (STSA) in Spokane, Wash., will buy three branches around Seattle from a unit of Boston Private Financial (BPFH).

Know where - and when - your bank's target audience goes online for information and social interaction. It’s better to have just two social media channels that are well-supported than five left unattended.

Kevin Cummings makes our list of Community Bankers to Watch as his New Jersey mutual thrift mulls a second-step conversion and possible acquisitions around New York.

A healthy bank preemptively sells. Unspent capital burns a hole in a private-equity investor's pocket. A niche player waves the white flag. These are among six deal scenarios you'll see repeatedly next year.

Investors Bancorp's Kevin Cummings says the mutual thrift is ready to take the next step in its process of converting to a publicly owned company.

After doing two deals in 2012, Investors Bancorp's Kevin Cummings is ready to consider more worthwhile acquisitions.

Investors Bancorp's CEO explains why the company is expanding in the New York area, despite stiff competition from bigger banks.

Some are in new roles, some taking their banks in new directions and others most definitely on the hot seat. All eyes will be on these chief executives in the year ahead.

WASHINGTON — Community Bank of the Ozarks in Sunrise Beach, Mo., became the nation’s 51st failed bank of the year late Friday after it was closed by state regulators.

The rising price of bank targets along the central California coast could make expansion there more difficult, PacWest CEO Matt Wagner recently told investors at a meeting hosted by Sandler O'Neill.

Deposits in accounts temporarily protected by unlimited insurance represented more than 10% of assets at more than 900 banks at Sept. 30

Overdraft revenue at banks and credit unions is rebounding a bit after a sharp decline that began in 2008, newly released data shows.

Cornerstone Financial in Mount Laurel, N.J., said it will net renew the current contract for George Matteo, the company's chairman, president and chief executive.

An activist investor group has threatened to file a lawsuit against Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF) unless the Shippensburg, Pa., company makes certain changes to its bylaws.

Bank regulators have lifted a memorandum of understanding against Timberland Bank nearly three years after the bank was hit with the enforcement action.

Jeffersonville Bancorp (JFBC) is set to become the latest New York company to exchange the federal charter of its bank for oversight by a state regulator.

The holding company for AmericanWest Bank in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to repay what PremierWest Bancorp (PRWT) owes the Troubled Asset Relief Program before the banks merge.

Alliance Bankshares (ABVA) has received almost all of the votes it needs to approve its sale to WashingtonFirst Bankshares.

Capital and liquidity challenges, subprime mortgages and bad financial performance hurt reputation over the last year. But many executives agree their companies' management of the financial crisis had the biggest negative impact on their public image.

Martin A. Steele will manage its commercial lending, cash management-treasury services and investment services, HomeStreet said Thursday.