Blue Lion Capital, which is upset with the Seattle company's growth strategy, also wants to replace two of the company's directors.

Judges recently ordered two banks to pay the legal fees for activist investors after certain roadblocks backfired. Their missteps can serve as a lesson for other skittish institutions.

Carson Lappetito has a long history of working with firms tied to Eric Hovde, chairman and CEO of Sunwest's holding company.

Stephen Calk is in the national media glare because his small Chicago-based bank made two enormous loans to Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign manager. Here’s a look at Calk's career and how he ended up in this spot.

The Boston mutual, which lost its innovation team when it spun off Numerated last year, has hired a State Street executive to oversee a plan to encourage all employees to be more creative.

Harrison Finance has 35 offices, nearly 140 employees and about $95 million of outstanding loans.

Facing pressure to act on gun control laws, the bank said it would not "renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa card."

Organizers aiming to open a de novo just outside Charlotte say there's a need for a new community bank after several years of consolidation in the market.

Stilwell Group and Jeffrey Thorp will gain board seats in exchange for a vow to refrain from waging proxy battles against MB Bancorp.

The company will still use the building for its main office, but it will move its administrative staff to another building.

The Chicago bank is denying a report that its CEO, Steve Calk, made $16 million in mortgage loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for a job in the White House.

The Puerto Rico-based bank failed in 2015. The FDIC, its receiver, is seeking unspecified economic and punitive damages from 16 lenders, including Bank of America, Barclays and Credit Suisse.

Bank consolidation in the city has picked up in recent months despite erratic oil prices and flooding tied to Hurricane Harvey.

The internet giant, SunTrust, Ally and other backers have invested $16 million in a new funding round for Greenlight Financial Technology, further blurring the lines between banks and tech companies.

The Michigan company has been acquisitive lately, buying California branches and a wealth advisory firm.

First Citizens, which wants to buy KS Bancorp, has filed a lawsuit to challenge a so-called poison pill provision that the much smaller bank's board recently passed.

Choice, which has a history of acquisitions, is buying a financial institution that largely focuses on business banking.

Superior Choice Credit Union's deal for Dairyland State Bank in Wisconsin is the second such deal announced this year.

Bob Rivers, CEO of Eastern Bank, was praised and criticized after he called out a Boston sports radio station whose on-air personalities made insensitive remarks. The incident underscores why bankers must be mindful about the positions they take.

The company could use proceeds from the planned offering to add branches and make bigger loans.