Small banks have long led the campaign against industrial loan companies, arguing they can be used to violate the separation of banking and commerce. But now the industry’s heavyweights are also taking a hard line in response to an FDIC proposal that would give tech companies a smoother path into the lending business.

Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.

The New York-area companies' $489 million agreement runs counter to recent merger pacts built around branch cuts and more tech spending.

The company said its plan to shutter 12 locations reflects "increased client usage of online and mobile banking and a commitment to improve digital banking technology."

The class A notes, secured by legacy trust-preferreds and subordinated debt of institutions, carry an investment-grade A1 rating from Moody's. That rating is slightly lower than a prior Hildene CDO, due to elevated pandemic risk to bank profitability.

Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union will buy the bank's deposits and assume its liabilities.

Helping their customers adjust to digital banking and pay crushing bills are just a couple of ways community bankers are reaching out.

The Arkansas bank is selling its two branches in the state to Merchants & Marine Bancorp and FEB Bancshares.

The deal will create an $11 billion-asset banking company with operations in a number of markets around New York City.

Neil Dauby, the Indiana company's chief commercial banking officer, will have oversight of all operations, reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Schroeder.

Jelena McWilliams explains the agency's decision to enlist the help of tech innovators to modernize a reporting process that the coronavirus epidemic has exposed as outdated.

Mesaba, which is also based in Minnesota, is the parent of American Bank of the North and Lake Bank.

Investar Holding called off its deal to buy Cheaha Financial in Alabama.

CB Financial Services, Mercantile Bank and Nicolet Bankshares said they would shutter a total of 12 branches.

Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio will have assets of $1.5 billion when it absorbs two affiliated banking companies in nearby cities.

The online TV giant will start by moving $25 million to a fund that invests in minority-run financial institutions that serve low-income communities and depositing $10 million into Hope Credit Union in Jackson, Miss.

Bank consolidation has been stagnant since the pandemic hit, and the outlook for the rest of the year is bleak.

The company said it had cut 20 positions and found a way to shed 35,000 square feet of office space by the end of 2020.

Eric Luse, who co-founded the Luse Gorman law firm, helped Community Bank Shares of Indiana create the first MHC in the early 1990s.

The Loan Source, the nonbank lender buying the Paycheck Protection Program loans, has similar deals in place with other lenders.