PeoplesBank and Cornerstone Bank entered into an agreement to combine their holding companies in a deal slated to close early in 2025. The banks would continue to operate separately.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued proposals to update their bank merger review guidelines, but public comments reflect radically different attitudes from stakeholders about how high the bar to mergers should be.

The Canadian institution will offer cross-border banking services, financing, wealth management and more with its new TD Innovation Partners platform.

As part of a deal with New York Attorney General Letitia James, the cryptocurrency exchange agreed to return more than $50 million in digital assets to investors involved in the now-defunct Gemini Earn program.

During the nine years Kevin Riley led the Billings, Montana-based institution, it quadrupled its size, largely through deals. New leadership could mean that the company focuses less on M&A and more on integration.

The top five community banks have combined commercial and industrial loans of nearly $1.7 billion as of March 31.

Some banks with large commercial real estate concentrations are seeing their stock values take a roller-coaster ride as investors discount their assurances about the wobbly asset class.

Senate Banking Committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is the latest progressive to express some skepticism on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's merger review, especially when compared to the relatively stricter Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. version.

MC Bancshares and Heritage NOLA Bancorp announced plans to combine in 2023, but the companies called off the deal after difficulties securing approvals. It amplified what an analyst called the "ever-present risk" of examiner scrutiny.

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