Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., missed first-quarter expectations as merger-related and streamlining expenses negated many of the benefits from recently completed acquisitions.

Banks can ditch their reputations as fuddy-duddy workplaces by helping millennial employees connect with the social mission driving the company and giving them plenty of opportunities to advance their careers.

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The sharp decline in oil prices has tempered John Allison's enthusiasm for buying banks in the Lone Star State — or even making loans there.

The Pennsylvania company is keen on buying a bank with $1 billion or more in assets to soundly cross a threshold that would bring with it more regulatory scrutiny.

Provident Financial Services in Iselin, N.J., defended narrowly missing earnings expectations by calling its credit and pricing approaches "prudent" and disciplined.

A Montana district court issued an order to uphold a verdict that First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., must pay $17 million in damages in a dispute with former customer.

As horrifying cyberattack scenarios grow more plausible, an American Bankers Association simulation of a hypothetical breach at a $10 billion-asset bank is designed to guide institutions through a set of crisis response steps.

BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., reported lower quarterly profit as its noninterest expenses rose.

Low interest rates may be pressuring margins, but they provided a lift to community banks that sell mortgage originations. Bankers are now debating how long the current refi boom will last.

Prosperity Bancshares in Houston hit analysts' earnings forecasts despite a linked-quarter decline in loans and profit.

Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., reported lower profit as low oil prices stymied loan growth in the energy sector.

City National Bank in Los Angeles said Thursday that its first-quarter profit climbed 14% from the same period last year, fueled by a surge in real estate construction and commercial lending.

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., tapped organic growth and its purchase of Intermountain Community Bancorp to post higher quarterly profit.

Heritage Commerce in San Jose, Calif., has agreed to buy Focus Business Bank. The $1.7 billion-asset Heritage Commerce will pay about $55 million for the $391 million-asset Focus, which is also based in San Jose.

Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., topped Wall Street expectations despite a drop in revenue. The $15.5 billion-asset company reported a 39% decrease in net income from a year earlier, to $19.3 million.

The company will consider annual elections for all directors after investors passed a non-binding resolution urging for a change.

Banking regulators will never conclude that regulation is actually hurting community banks until they study the issue and come to that conclusion on their own.

At first glance Cardinal Financial in McLean, Va., blew away earnings expectations, rising 220% in the first quarter from the same time last year.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas reported a higher first-quarter profit on an increase in total loans and heightened demand for refinancing home loans.