Banks from the North and South are converging on the city, spurred by a spike in deposits and employment numbers that trump national averages.

The Indiana credit union agreed to pay $21.3 million in cash for New Bancorp, which was created when its savings bank converted to a stock-owned company in 2015.

In a strategy that other CUs could follow, Concord Federal Credit Union is working with a local nonprofit to provide better access to financial products in central Brooklyn.

Larger institutions in particular have made banking so convenient that customers see little reason to move their accounts, according to a new report from J.D. Power.

The Oklahoma company will pay $122 million for a bank with three branches in Dallas.

The institution had considered a merger of equals that was never finalized before deciding to change its name to Elevate Credit Union.

The Wilmington, Del., company's new product relies on technology developed by Earnest, a startup that it acquired in 2017.

The Delaware company said newly formed NewLane Finance will use "advanced technologies" to provide expedited financing decisions.

SmartFinancial lined up a compelling merger with Entegra. Then a bigger bank offered more money and a higher premium.

In the months ahead, the Birmingham, Ala., bank will drop Compass from its name across all of its branches and digital properties. It’s part of a broader plan by its Spanish parent Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria to unify its brand worldwide.

David Tyrie, the bank’s new head of digital banking, discusses plans to offer customers constant course corrections and its new Life Plan product, and the latest on the virtual assistant Erica.

The company, which is planning to revamp its organizational structure, has seen a sharp increase in funding costs over the past year.

Entegra Financial, which had a deal to be sold to SmartFinancial, has instead agreed to be sold to First Citizens, which offered more money and will pay a breakup fee for the initial deal.

Now that the Cincinnati company recently completed its first bank acquisition in over a decade, CEO Greg Carmichael is pushing ahead on tech hires and expansion outside its Midwestern core.

The British startup OakNorth sees U.S. community and regional banks as good prospects for its lending technology.

The Fed board unveiled a proposal Tuesday to standardize how investors owning less than one-quarter of a bank can determine who holds a "controlling" stake and therefore must register as a bank holding company.

Blue Lion Capital, which has been critical of the Seattle company in recent years, has nominated two individuals to become directors.

As the bank's board conducts its search for a new CEO, it should exclude Wall Street titans from any shortlist.

CEO Kessell Stelling said he thinks about Synovus' depressed stock price daily, even though his team is ahead of schedule cutting costs from a deal that closed in January.

The credit union is also developing a new shared branching space as part of a unique co-location strategy.