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Capital One Financial's fourth-quarter profit fell short of projections as the McLean, Va., company boosted its reserves in anticipation of higher loan losses.

Trustmark in Jackson, Miss., reported lower quarterly profit after a decline in deposit service charges and mortgage banking offset loan growth and reduced expenses.

Fintech is a chic topic at Davos, but it's barely a blip on the radar of analysts who lock in on hard numbers during earnings calls. Yet with tech taking a bigger role in financial services, mobile banking or the blockchain might soon become as topical as efficiency ratios or net interest margins.

More than half of the deals announced so far this year have involved sellers from the Midwest. Expect activity in the region to rise as more banks mimic Huntington Bancshares and Chemical Financial by becoming acquirers.

Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., said its fourth-quarter profit rose 20% to $33 million from a year earlier as its lending rose by nearly half and its expenses fell.

ServisFirst Bancshares in Birmingham, Ala., has entered the Florida’s Tampa Bay area after hiring the former chief executive of Bay Cities Bank.

Two chief executives win accolades while three officers are promoted to the C Suite and other CU professionals in the news.

Twitter Inc. named Leslie Berland chief marketing officer as it undergoes a major overhaul of its top ranks in an effort to reboot growth.

Too many institutions focus on time-wasting tasks that divert their attention from how to stay relevant in a rapidly changing banking environment.

Cheryl Vickers, who served for years as VP of accounting for Houston Police Federal Credit Union, was convicted of embezzlement that occurred for approximately 18 years.

Steve Streit, who founded the prepaid card pioneer in 1999, is taking fire from an investment firm that owns 6.2% of the company.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City posted a big increase in quarterly earnings despite increasing its loan-loss provision to account for energy-related exposure.

The $13.8 billion-asset company said Monday after the market closed that it earned $21.2 million, down roughly 26% from a year earlier.

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 3.98% to $42.8 million from a year earlier as loan growth offset lower fee income.

PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh has tapped Karen Larrimer to lead its retail banking division.

Ag lenders enjoyed solid credit metrics and an increase in farms loans in 2015. Those results could come under pressure this year, requiring bankers to become more vigilant in talking to their agricultural clients.

The $465 million-asset bank in Athens, Ga., has named Rhodes McLanahan CEO and president.

Visa has nabbed an executive from the media company Time Inc. to be its chief marketing and communications officer.

It is too early in the Providence, R.I., bank's turnaround plan to buy another bank, CEO Bruce Van Saun says. Instead, he would rather invest in acquiring commercial, mortgage and other loan officers who can feed revenue while he tries to make the bank more efficient.

Randy Peterson, the chief executive of Bank of Eufaula in Oklahoma, was shot and killed on Thursday by a robber. He was 64.