The $550 million purchase will include a branch in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The New Jersey regional will have higher capital levels after buying Oritani Financial. That was just one of the reasons why CEO Ira Robbins overcame his aversion to M&A.

First American Bank agreed to sell its Iowa branches to GreenState just weeks after arranging the transfer of its Florida locations to another credit union.

Credit unions and the rest of the financial services sector, in the spirit of recent criminal justice reform, should be more open to hiring workers with low-level criminal convictions.

Valley, which had focused on Florida in recent years, will double its market share in Bergen County with the $740 million acquisition.

Ken Lehman recently bought a block of shares in Village Bank & Trust Financial.

Brad Goedken wants agreements for HarborOne Bancorp to include better protections, such as cost reductions if a service fails.

The number of minority depository institution charters is declining even as their financial performance is going up, according to a new study by the FDIC.

The biggest challenge for credit union acquirers involves retaining commercial customers at the banks they buy. That's why constant communication, and having more commercial products and services, matter.

The deal with Frandsen Financial is the 12th bank M&A transaction this year involving a seller in Wisconsin.

Seed, a San Francisco startup, has developed a platform that lets small businesses quickly open accounts online. That's an important feature for Cross River as it courts more fintech clients.

Shore Community Bank, which has five branches in Ocean County, will sell for $53 million.

Sterling Bancorp must enhance its BSA policies and hire an outside firm to review its account activity.

Independent Bank in Texas, the seller, gained the business after buying Guaranty Bancorp.

Facebook's plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency dominated much of the discussion at American Banker's Digital Banking conference last week, but attendees also debated what big tech company might strike next and what future digital innovations are in store.

All of the Seattle company's directors, including CEO Mark Mason, were backed by shareholders despite a challenge by Blue Lion Partners.

Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.

Community bankers want to cut the time it takes for customers to establish digital accounts to mere minutes, but it's hard to do that and make other improvements without increasing fraud risk.

The Cincinnati bank could add about $30 million a year in noninterest income with its deal for the capital markets firm Bannockburn Global Forex.

First Internet is poised to acquire an SBA lending team to help it meet an ambitious loan target for the year — a target the CEO plans on doubling in coming years.