The Independent Community Bankers of America asked lawmakers to investigate credit unions' M&A activity after VyStar announced what would be the biggest purchase of a bank by a credit union.

USI Insurance Services agreed to buy Northwest Insurance Services in a deal that should close later this quarter.

The Illinois company would gain its first two branches in Winnebago County as part of the deal.

The Texas company has agreed to acquire HubTran, which offers artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities for the transportation sector.

Heritage Southeast Bank in Georgia, at $1.6 billion of assets, would become the largest bank to be sold to a credit union.

MapleMark Bank in Dallas and the German fintech will let consumers choose from among three types of savings products including automated CD ladders that they can tailor to their own needs.

In an enforcement action that could have reverberations across the sector, the Fed imposed tough penalties on a pair of Wyoming bankers who took confidential information to their new employer.

Sam Sidhu, whose father is CEO Jay Sidhu, will become president and chief executive of Customers Bank in July.

Peoples Bancorp will pay $292 million for the West Virginia company. It also announced it's buying a leasing company in Vermont.

A federal watchdog agency determined that Almena State Bank's push into government-backed loans, supported with high-cost wholesale funding, set it up for collapse when significant credit issues arose.

Four months into the job, Charles Shaffer has struck a deal for Legacy Bank of Florida and is eyeing more acquisitions. His predecessor, Dennis Hudson III, built Seacoast with more than a dozen buyouts across the Sunshine State.

The $235 million acquisition will bring CEO Jared Wolff's company a trove of cheap deposits and the chance to slash costs without having to significantly change its business model.

The company agreed to buy Legacy Bank of Florida for $102 million.

Banc of California, which last bought a bank in 2013, has agreed to pay $235 million in stock for Pacific Mercantile, which is based in Costa Mesa, Calif.

The depositor-owned banks are discouraged from participating in the Emergency Capital Investment Program because they can't issue preferred stock to back loans for underserved communities. It's another reason to overhaul their capital rules, mutuals argue.

The Florida bank will expand to the east with its pending purchase of Hillsboro Bank.

Like the fintechs SoFi and LendingClub, DLP Real Estate Capital is acquiring a community bank largely to lower the cost of funding loans.

Members of the Gunther family who own about a third of the Utah company's stock said they plan to vote against several directors at this year's annual meeting.

First Internet CEO David Becker used to be dismissive of the Small Business Administration. But after getting to know some of the borrowers during the pandemic — and after his bank collected hefty fees from selling 7(a) loans — he's become a convert.

By an overwhelming majority, the House approved a two-month extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, which still has almost $93 billion left to distribute.