The purchase of Ben Franklin Bank is the latest deal in a year that has seen a record number of CUs buying out the competition.

The decision gives the vast majority of banks and credit unions another year to implement the controversial accounting method for loan losses.

The Connecticut company, which will top that asset milestone when it buys United Financial, says it could acquire more banks in coming months.

The Connecticut company will add heft in its home state and Massachusetts when it buys the former mutual.

Piermont Bank, set to open this week, will be the city's second new bank this year.

The company, based in Charleston, S.C., will buy Carolina Trust in western North Carolina for $100 million.

Ribbon-cuttings for de novos have become more common as regulators have warmed up to the idea of granting new charters. These are the banks that have opened this year, along with more that are on track to do so.

Gregory St. Angelo was part of a loan and tax credits scheme with other senior executives that funneled him more than $50 million, federal prosecutors said.

As policymakers mull ways to update the 42-year-old Community Reinvestment Act, economists at the San Francisco Fed have put forth a novel proposal.

Theresa LaPlaca, one of four new directors at the company, ran an office Wells formed to address issues tied to its sales and reporting practices.

Breaking from its playbook as a conservative lender, Provident Financial in New Jersey is working with a fintech to offer unsecured loans online.

The $60 million acquisition will allow ACNB, which is based in Pennsylvania, to enter a new market.

The deal comes less than a week after the Louisiana company raised nearly $11 million.

The California company will pay $39.4 million for the parent of First State Bank of Colorado.

The bank said it could record a $7 million charge in the second quarter after the client unexpectedly closed in May.

The ban, which came to light Monday, will remain in effect until either the final disposition of Stephen Calk’s court case or until it is terminated by Comptroller Joseph Otting.

Trustar Bank is set to debut in northern Virginia in July.

The thrift had been known as Boiling Springs Savings Bank.

Dennis Zember Jr. stepped down as the Georgia bank's CEO, citing personal matters. Palmer Proctor, an executive at the recently acquired Fidelity Southern, succeeded Zember.

The Pittsburgh regional, once among the most industry’s most active acquirers, hasn’t bought a bank in more than two years — and it’s in no rush to do so.