Eight months of banks being under steady, near-constant attack have taught observers a thing or two about what banks can expect going forward.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has hired Citigroup (NYSE: C) executive Maria Veltre as its new chief marketing officer.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., reported as rise in quarterly profit as its loan portfolio grew.

The technology fails to deliver a substantial difference in convenience for customers, resembling the struggles faced by the mobile payments industry.

Too few of the small banks willing to sell have businesses worth buying, bank CEOs said during the recent round of earnings calls.

Median pay for CEOs at banks with less than $20 billion of assets was about a tenth of the median amount for bosses at banks with more than $100 billion of assets in American Banker's 2013 compensation survey. Growth in pay from 2011 was about even between the two groups, however. Here are some of the most richly rewarded chiefs among the smaller banks. Ratings of the banks' pay practices, on a scale from A to F, are provided by GMI Ratings, a governance watchdog. Figures are for 2012; GMI assessments are as of April 29.

CEO pay rose a median 11% in 2012 among a group of 149 banks. Here are some of the most highly paid bank bosses of the year. Ratings of the banks' pay practices, on a scale from A to F, are provided by GMI Ratings, a governance watchdog. Figures are for 2012; GMI assessments are as of April 29.

Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, reported lower quarterly earnings as compensation expenses rose.

Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., reported lower quarterly profit as its interest income fell and compensation costs rose.

Business Bancshares in St. Louis has exited the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Higher interest income and wider margins lifted BNC Bancorp (BNCN) in the first quarter.

Two executives of the former Southern Community Financial in North Carolina claim that they were "unceremoniously fired" because they refused to surrender their severance deals before Capital Bank bought their company.

We've profiled six bankers who raise the act of connecting with their communities to an art form. They are from different institutions in different parts of the country, and each has a different story.

Capital problems at smaller banks are likely to push more of them to sell, and many of them should put their holding company through bankruptcy to facilitate deals, says Evan Tomaskovic, a partner at Carl Marks Advisory Group.

The best incentive banks have to strengthen their cyber defenses? To preserve customer trust.

A heightened regulatory focus may be a direct result of early positioning as a business distanced from the rest of the payments industry, which may be keeping more banks from offering prepaid products.

An increase in interest income and drop in expenses lifted Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., last quarter.

Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has picked Joseph Seiler to head commercial banking.

Former managers of Southern Community Financial have filed a lawsuit against Capital Bank Financial in Coral Gables, Fla., claiming that the companies' merger agreement violated their employment contracts.

Higher expenses offset an uptick in fees at HomeStreet Bank in the first quarter.