State Bank popped up on the Houston company’s radar eight years ago, but management waited until now to strike.

The Houston company had been an interested, but selective, acquirer before announcing this year's biggest bank deal.

The investment bank agreed to buy Business Bancshares in St. Louis.

Capitol Federal Financial has mostly relied on mortgages throughout its history. Its acquisition of a commercial lender will change that.

With the regulatory relief bill set to become law soon, some congressional Republicans are already calling for additional rollbacks to the Dodd-Frank Act. There’s one thing they should keep in mind: Community banks had a hand in the crisis too.

Mutual of Omaha Bank's purchase of Synergy One Lending will add reverse mortgages to its product line.

Rebeca Romero Rainey, who has been on the job for less than a week, has already slammed postal banking and pressed for more regulatory relief. In a Q&A, she discusses her plans to foster innovation, tackle succession issues and encourage more banks to stay independent.

After a long battle with the Justice Department over redlining charges, KleinBank caved as legal costs soared.

The House affirmed this week that it would move forward with a vote on a Senate bill overhauling parts of Dodd-Frank, but how far lawmakers push additional relief proposals is still unclear.

The California company ended up selling 1 million more shares than it had originally planned to offer.

A planned stock offering by the French banking giant would lower its stake in First Hawaiian to 49.9%.

A group led by former community bank CEO Dave Mallett hopes Ohio State Bank will open for business in Columbus by the end of the year.

Eric Itambo will become chief banking officer of CoBank, where he will oversee all lending operations.

Subordinated debt issuance, which took a back seat as bank stocks surged, could regain popularity as growth-minded banks become leery of market uncertainty.

Financial Institutions agreed to buy HNP Capital, a wealth management firm near Rochester.

Lorie Shannon, recruited from SunTrust, will oversee a strategy that features large, non-QM mortgages in key markets.

The Pittsburgh bank opted to give more than half of its employees $2,000 pay hikes instead of the bonuses handed out by many rivals.

The insurance giant said it would need to make a “significant additional investment” to gain scale and be competitive. It has hired an investment banker to help it unload deposits and loans.

Tax reform and the need for new, tech-savvy banks to compete with fintechs are high on a growing list of factors encouraging investors to gamble on banking startups.

Onboarding technology isn't enough if the account opening process is too cumbersome, a J.D. Power survey finds.