Acquiring the Nebraska bank would give CIT Group access to billions of low-cost deposits to fuel a go-it-alone growth plan. CEO Ellen Alemany says it could also make her company "more valuable" to potential buyers if it ever wants to sell.

The Michigan company will pay $68 million to expand in a high-priority market.

The Los Angeles company said it is also looking into internal controls tied to construction lending.

CIT Group will gain nearly $7 billion in low-cost deposits, mostly tied to homeowners associations, as part of the acquisition.

The companies said the merger will provide scale and help them update technology more efficiently.

Margin expansion may grind to a halt if the Fed holds rates steady or cuts them further. The problem is regionals tend to lack the side businesses that the big banks possess to offset lending slumps. Check out our annual ranking of banks with $10 billion to $50 billion of assets.

President Trump is expected to sign legislation soon that would expand the number of farmers who could file under the more lenient Chapter 12. Ag lenders are worried because farm bankruptcies recently rose and the trade war with China could worsen.

The Michigan company disclosed that an unnamed client made a large payment on a $6.5 million nonperforming loan.

The New Jersey company was reportedly shopping itself around last fall. Fresh off an agreement to buy Gold Coast Bancorp in New York, CEO Kevin Cummings says he is ready to explore other acquisitions.

Ancora Advisors also suggested that the company get rid of its current management team.

The bank will buy First State Bank of Mobeetie.

The New Jersey company will pay $284 million for Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding.

The company will pay $13 million for the parent of Western Bank of Wolf Point.

Palmer Proctor, who took over at Ameris after it bought Fidelity Southern, where he was also CEO, says more deals would be a "distraction."

The South Dakota company discovered "inappropriate user access" to applications at Crestmark Bancorp, which it bought last year.

Lawmakers and others faulted the agency's foot-dragging on approving licenses and funding requests for small-business investment companies, whose owners include banks.

Vice Chairman Randal Quarles’ public dissent raises questions about how the board will proceed on other policy debates.

Consolidation heated up in recent weeks after a tepid start this year. Here is an overview of noteworthy deals announced in June and July.

Lenders could struggle to reprice deposits fast enough to offset downward pressure from adjustable-rate loans and refinancing.

Melinda McClure and Richard Horn have joined the management team at Old Dominion Bank in northern Virginia after struggling to raise enough capital for their de novo effort.