On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

M&T hires Aarthi Murali away from JPMorgan Chase as its customer experience chief; when a small town loses its only bank; why more banks are ditching their legacy core vendors; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

Organizers of Triad Business Bank have raised enough capital and have received approval from the FDIC.

The Mississippi company will pay $49 million for Traders & Farmers Bancshares.

Anticipating a weaker economy and added pressure on stock prices, banks authorized more repurchases of outstanding shares last year.

The company agreed to acquire Alliance Benefit Group of Illinois, which has more than 600 clients and 40,000 plan participants.

The Michigan company will pay $101 million for the parent of First National Bank in Howell, Mich.

Certain loan segments are showing signs of deterioration, but consumer lending and digital banking are bright spots. Meanwhile, bankers are eyeing opportunities to improve efficiency, add scale and take advantage of M&A disruption. Here's what to expect from smaller regionals in the year ahead.

Unlike other regions of the country, the western U.S. has seen very few large bank mergers in recent years. Here's why Pacific Premier's acquisition of Opus Bank could change that.

Newcomers Nymbus, Neocova, Finxact and Technisys and older competitors like Temenos, Infosys and Oracle are winning over community and regional banks by offering what some bankers describe as more flexible technology at fairer prices.

Despite what one critic says, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of branches from TCF Financial will help underserved communities in Arizona.

The California company will pay $1 billion for Opus, a once highflying bank that struggled with credit issues in recent years.

The people of tiny Duncan, Ariz., have found creative ways to adapt to life in a banking desert, but their experience augurs a worrisome future for many other rural communities.

National Lloyds, which provides insurance for mobile homes, has a distribution network that operates in 40 states.

Mortgages, auto loans and credit cards should perform well for the next two quarters. Beyond that, all bets are off.

Lenders that depend on the Export-Import Bank to back loans to exporters are already seeing business borrowing pick up after Congress reauthorized the agency in December.

Kenneth Lehman, a former banking attorney who acquires large stakes in small banks, will buy BankFlorida, which lost $555,000 through the first nine months of 2019.

The head of the small-bank trade group called for hearings to discuss tougher limits on credit union acquisitions of banks.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.