The New Jersey company was reportedly shopping itself around last fall. Fresh off an agreement to buy Gold Coast Bancorp in New York, CEO Kevin Cummings says he is ready to explore other acquisitions.

Ancora Advisors also suggested that the company get rid of its current management team.

The bank will buy First State Bank of Mobeetie.

The New Jersey company will pay $284 million for Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding.

The company will pay $13 million for the parent of Western Bank of Wolf Point.

Palmer Proctor, who took over at Ameris after it bought Fidelity Southern, where he was also CEO, says more deals would be a "distraction."

The South Dakota company discovered "inappropriate user access" to applications at Crestmark Bancorp, which it bought last year.

Lawmakers and others faulted the agency's foot-dragging on approving licenses and funding requests for small-business investment companies, whose owners include banks.

Vice Chairman Randal Quarles’ public dissent raises questions about how the board will proceed on other policy debates.

Consolidation heated up in recent weeks after a tepid start this year. Here is an overview of noteworthy deals announced in June and July.

Lenders could struggle to reprice deposits fast enough to offset downward pressure from adjustable-rate loans and refinancing.

Melinda McClure and Richard Horn have joined the management team at Old Dominion Bank in northern Virginia after struggling to raise enough capital for their de novo effort.

The company will pay $43 million in cash for a bank with seven branches and $209 million in deposits.

With margins under pressure and competition intensifying, a number of community banks are zeroing in on underserved markets.

Addressing payment security and achieving interoperability with a rival, private-sector network are just some of the challenges the central bank faces in building a government-backed real-time payment system.

Beacon Business Bank hired former Boston Private executive John Delaney as its new leader.

On Mar. 31, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Mar. 31, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

Community banks shouldn’t wait for the Fed to create a new real-time payments rail when consumers are already flocking to other options.

It’s hard to time the next economic slowdown. But lenders, many with lingering memories of the financial crisis, are taking steps now to limit exposure in commercial real estate, construction and other loan segments.