Community banks count on personal service as a differentiator to win business. But legacy technology issues can get in the way.

While working with new fintechs carries some risk, it can also provide community banks with an affordable way to upgrade products and technology.

Michael Fitzgerald, who was selected to lead United Bank, was CEO of Bank of Georgetown for 11 years before it was sold to United.

Call it mutual respect. Bankers from mutually owned British building societies and similarly structured U.S. thrifts recently gathered in New England to address common challenges and share ideas about staying relevant at a time of rapid change in financial services. Here are the takeaways from their meetings.

The Iowa company said that Bruce Lee will take over its top post next month.

Total loans at Old Dominion National Bank have tripled since 2016.

Mick Mulvaney’s recent comments about the CFPB Qualified Mortgage rule have triggered a debate over whether regulators should take into account more than one underwriting model.

Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

When potential sellers are skittish, a merger pitch from a peer who’s been through it can make the difference.

KS Bancorp is buying back all the shares that First Citizens acquired in an effort to take over the much smaller bank.

The Massachusetts bank agreed to buy Fabri & Rourke, which focuses on commercial insurance products.

The company agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank of Crossett for about $13 million.

The most common credit union mergers involve a small credit union being acquired by a much larger one, but that could be changing, as three recent deals involving credit unions with more than $300 million in assets as the ones being merged out.

Bigger credit unions present a formidable challenge for banks in areas such as business lending.

A pair of nominees to the Federal Reserve Board vowed Tuesday to protect the independence of the agency if confirmed, but avoided taking hard stances on pending regulatory issues.

RIchardson & Stout, which is based in western New York, is the 16th insurance business that Evans has bought or agreed to buy.

Fill a room with bankers and you'll hear a wide range of views on technology's role in their business.

Bank of Hawaii will serve Japanese citizens looking to conduct business in the United States.

Beacon Community Bank, which opened in January, raised $34 million through a private placement.

Lenders are taking steps to reduce exposure to fluctuations in oil prices, including getting tougher in demanding that drillers use commodity hedges.