Roughly 40,000 residents of Moore County have been left without power since Saturday, when gunfire damaged two substations. Financial institutions are urging residents to use online banking and call centers if they do not have access to a branch.

Baseball great joins Farmers National team, waiting game ends for two deals and more in banking news this week.

With the final piece of its regulatory puzzle in place, Newtek, a business development company and the nation's No. 3 SBA 7(a) lender, plans to complete its acquisition of National Bank of New York City in January.

Byline Bancorp in Chicago said it would buy Inland Bancorp in a cash-and-stock transaction that would create an $8.5 billion-asset bank.

InBankshares has hired a former PacWest senior executive — its third leader to come from a regional bank — in a move aimed at bringing in the skills necessary to run a much larger institution.

The business development company, one of the top Small Business Administration 7(a) lenders, has been waiting since mid-2021 for regulators to sign off on its deal for a New York community bank. It hopes to get the final green light from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in time for a January closing.

Feeling that your bank is truly there for you is the difference between a bank account and a banking relationship.

Large banks are catching up to regionals and nontraditional institutions in overall reputation scores, but regional banks are winning when it comes to innovation.

Wall Street reporting has left Main Street behind and you, dear banker, should be concerned. A new book, "The Future of Business Journalism," explains why.