Metro Bank is early-stage talks to buy a peer-to-peer lender, aiming to grow in unsecured lending as the troubled British company's mortgage business comes under pressure.

Members at Malheur Federal Credit Union will vote later this year on whether to join Medford, Ore.-based Rogue.

The industry was well positioned in terms of net worth before the pandemic and recession, but some institutions could run into issues with sluggish earnings and a surge in deposits.

The credit union will pay an undisclosed amount for Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana.

The Odon, Ind.-based credit union would gain six branches by acquiring Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana.

Johnson is exiting the state with the sale of the four locations.

Flush with capital from the sale of its stake in BlackRock, PNC is willing to go big on an acquisition but would be wary of buying a bank with a heavy concentration of consumer loans, CEO William Demchak said.

Faced with limited growth opportunities and potentially mounting loan losses, banks are getting aggressive — and creative — to boost profits.

The coronavirus pandemic has made paper money literally a dirty word, causing a rush to digital payments that may be too fast for Western Union and MoneyGram to keep up with as separate companies.

The corporate credit union has begun transitioning nearly 600 clients to the new platform.