The FDIC sold the operations of City National Bank of New Jersey, a minority depository institution, to Industrial Bank in Washington, D.C., in the year's fourth bank closing.

Panelists at the ABA's annual conference said that reviewing and updating procedures and marketing tactics can help bring in more accounts.

The Dallas company said it should be able to avoid restating past financial results. It also reported higher quarterly earnings helped by increased mortgage activity.

The credit they received in the third quarter is helping to soften the blow from falling net interest margins and weakening loan demand.

The Tennessee company, which was outbid in an effort to buy a North Carolina bank earlier this year, will pay $41 million for a branch network in the middle part of its home state.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $346 million for MutualFirst Financial.

Executives at banks in California say there's only so much they can do until the flames subside.

Many small banks remain skeptical of the payments network because it is owned and operated by big banks and they are waiting for the Federal Reserve to launch a rival service.

It's difficult to recruit and retain talent amid low unemployment, while uncertainty about GSE and BSA reform makes planning harder, bankers said at the ABA convention.

Laurie Stewart, a former credit union CEO and incoming chair of the American Bankers Association, says a string of bank sales to credit unions supports the case that the latter's tax-exempt status should be eliminated.

The company will buy two suburban locations from North Shore Bank.

Laurie Stewart says a string of bank sales to credit unions supports the case that the latter's tax-exempt status should be eliminated.

Steven Retzloff, the company's president, will succeed George Martinez in January.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

Louisa Community Bank and Resolute Bank were closed on Friday, raising the year's total to three failures.

Hometown Financial, which completed three acquisitions this year, is considering branch openings for a push into the city.

The Delaware company recently learned of a disputed transaction that could take a bite out of future earnings.

The New York company will enter Suffolk County after it buys Empire Bancorp.

The National Credit Union Administration has unveiled a proposal to address a federal judge's concerns that its 2016 field-of-membership overhaul could discourage lending in low-income areas.