Since taking over as president of personal banking at UMB Financial three years ago, Abraham has transformed the way the Kansas City, Mo., company delivers services to and interacts with its clients.

Dorothy Savarese, who is nearing her 14^th year as CEO of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, has recently overseen a growth spurt of sorts at the institution, breaking ground on a new headquarters and expanding locations.

Patty Kellerhals has had her share of mentors and role models over the course of her 41-year banking career, but few have influenced Commerce Bank’s head of retail banking more than her own mother.

American Banker announced its 16th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

Innovative. Influential. Impactful. The 25 female leaders in this ranking are skillfully navigating industry disruption and — in many ways — driving it as well.

Besides transforming her own bank, Stewart has left her mark more broadly on the industry through advocacy.

Over the past year, Centric Financial CEO Patricia Husic has made several big hires and added a 25,000-square-foot corporate office for the bank.

Sound Credit Union in Tacoma, Wash., has agreed to buy Bank of Washington in Lynnewood.

Union Bankshares in Virginia has been adding executives from much larger competitors as it looks to compete more effectively with bigger banks

The Dallas company said a commercial client submitted falsified documents that inflated how much colloteral it had available.

The acquisitive company plans to buy Blue Hills Bancorp to boost its footprint in eastern Massachusetts.

Seven other banks passed on a chance to bid on FCB Financial, perhaps showing the small pool of large buyers eager to make a big commitment to the Sunshine State.

The company said the move should address investor concerns about potential margin compression, slower loan growth and an economic slowdown.

Every month, from January to April of this year, there were roughly 3.2 billion attacks perpetrated by malicious code that infiltrated business' networks. Representatives of smaller financial institutions disputed the notion that they are one of the weak links in the chain.

Edward Doherty is set to succeed Janice Houghton when she retires in November.

Community bankers reject the conclusions of a Government Accountability Office report that say regulatory burdens only had a “modest effect” on the declining number of banks since 2010.

Senior managers at selling banks often get big payouts and move on. But some decide (or are allowed) to stay and can make major contributions. Here are examples of execs who famously became difference makers after sticking around, or of keepers from recent deals who could have a big impact.

The changes mandated by the recent regulatory relief law would narrow the definition of "high-volatility commercial real estate" exposures that get a higher risk weight.

Shelley Siefert will also become the bank's president in May.

Organizers of Watermark Bank aim to open early next year.