Kansas Banking Commissioner David Herndon told American Banker that his agency declared Heartland Tri-State Bank insolvent because of a "very sudden" event that crippled the bank financially.

Critics of the Federal Home Loan banks fundamentally misunderstand the purpose and necessity of the system.

Investors should expect "consistency, predictability," says COO Tyler Wilcox, who is scheduled to take over for longtime CEO Chuck Sulerzyski when he retires next spring.

The Pittsburgh-based regional is leaning heavily on ATMs as part of a de novo expansion strategy in the lucrative Washington metropolitan region.

The racially targeted mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022 has renewed conversations about whether banks have a duty to help segregated, impoverished communities that were shaped in part by discriminatory lending practices. What do banks owe the Black community, and what influence could they have?

Regulators noted the demise of Heartland Tri-State Bank involved an isolated problem. Industry observers cautioned against prediction of more failures to follow, saying second-quarter earnings show community banks generally remain in sound financial health.

Gateway First Bank, a former nonbank home lender, rode the pandemic era's mortgage wave to No. 1 on American Banker's latest list of top-performing banks based on full-year 2022 data. Now it has to cope with the housing market slowdown.

Big Poppy Bancorp has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire up to 24.99% of Summit State Bank. Both institutions are headquartered in Santa Rosa. Combining them would create the city's biggest bank.

Like many of its peers, the bank is grappling with higher deposit costs and net interest margin pressure.

The Wilmington, North Carolina-based small-business lender is prepping a wider rollout of the business checking account it introduced in the first quarter. Chairman and CEO Chip Mahan said the move will allow the company to "nip at [its competitors'] edges as their customers feel less appreciated."