Retaining experienced and competent employees is a crucial but often overlooked strategy for improving bank performance.

Dollar Bank has applied to form a mutual holding company as it nears a key regulatory threshold.

Green Apple Bank & Trust, which recently filed an application with regulators, plans to open in the western part of the state by the end of this year.

The serial acquirer is buying Delaware Place Bank, which is less than 1% of its size.

It might make sense to scrap a decades-old name, especially for banks with aggressive growth plans.

Camden Fine, the president of the Independent Community Bankers of America, is due to retire this week. We talk with him about his long career — and his fears for the future of his industry.

Domenick & Associates also specializes in serving social service organizations.

The Michigan bank hopes conversational technology can get customers to talk more freely about their financial health.

Because of the Durbin amendment, the once-prized asset has become an albatross. Spinning it off will remove a distraction and let management refocus on business banking.

The Federal Savings Bank has been under a spotlight since it was revealed that it provided $16 million in mortgages to onetime Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Boiling Springs Savings Bank said James Nesci, formerly of TD Bank, will manage its operations and create a strategic plan.

The $350 million acquisition is among the biggest bank mergers announced so far this year.

The Federal Reserve's decision to allow the Territorial Bank of American Samoa access to the U.S. payment system creates only the second public bank in the country, and may pave the way for others in California, New Jersey and elsewhere.

The Boston-area bank will add branches near New Hampshire after buying the cooperative bank.

For one California bank, the biggest challenge was finding equity investors to participate in deals.

Capitol Federal will enter commercial lending for the first time in its 125-year history after it buys Capital City Bank.

Porter Bancorp in Kentucky spent years tackling credit and capital issues. As Limestone Bank, it will finally get back on offense.

Many banks talk about the need to replace legacy core systems, but relatively few go through with it. The CEO of Mechanics Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts explains the case he made to his board that the promise outweighed the risk.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares plans to raise $40 million to fund organic growth and acquisitions.

KS Bancorp wants to become a corporation in business-friendly Delaware, which would be more likely to back its defensive-minded share-rights plan.