In the midst of its merger with CIT Group, First Citizens in North Carolina has hired an in-house chief counsel with experience in corporate integrations.

The Minneapolis company has agreed to buy PFM Asset Management. Like many in the industry, it is hunting for additional sources of noninterest income.

Fringe Benefits Design in Bloomington, Minnesota, will become a consultant of the buyer's Benefit Plans Administrative Services unit.

The deal is expected to generate for significant cost savings that could Mid Penn could then use to fund its expansion in the Pittsburgh market.

Langley Federal Credit Union in Newport News and Virginia Beach Schools Federal Credit Union would serve more than 300,000 members after combining.

HoldCo Asset Management opposed the $900 million deal, arguing that Boston Private failed to consider other potential buyers and did not attract an acceptable price.

The buyer is acquiring Westchester Bank Holding Corp. in White Plains, New York, for $220 million. While a relatively small deal for Valley, it fills a geographic gap in its metro New York footprint.

The deal follows JPMorgan’s recent takeover of 55ip, a fintech that focuses on helping investors cut their tax liabilities.

With an agreement in hand to buy Bank of Commerce Holdings in Sacramento, the Washington company will prioritize filling in a 200-mile gap between the seller's footprint and its own.

U.S. regulators blocked the card network's attempt to buy Plaid last year for antitrust reasons. Its bid to acquire Tink, a similar company based in Sweden, may have a better shot given European officials' desire to promote open banking.

Visa Inc. has agreed to buy Swedish open-banking platform Tink AB as the payment giant looks to expand beyond its card network.

The deal for Bank of Commerce Holdings in Sacramento would be the first bank acquisition in the Golden State for Tacoma, Washington-based Columbia.

The combined company will operate under the Royal name and leadership.

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MidUSA Credit Union in Middletown, Ohio, and Heartland Federal Credit Union in Dayton have combined to form MyUSA Credit Union, which will operate nine branches in the Miami Valley and hold roughly $350 million of assets.

The $124 million buyout would give Farmers nearly $800 million of additional assets and deepen its presence in northeast Ohio.

The bank's holding company, CRB Group, has acquired PeerIQ, an online lending marketplace data provider backed by the former CEOs of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. It's said it wants more deals like this one.

In buying the $1.5 billion-asset County Bancorp, Nicolet would become the second-largest bank in Wisconsin and the state’s No. 1 dairy lender. It's the second bank acquisition deal Nicolet has announced this quarter.

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Acquiring Pilot Bank would allow the credit union to serve members who live or vacation in Florida. The deal is the fifth deal this year in which a credit union is purchasing a bank.