The company is buying a homebuilder finance portfolio with $47 million in loans and $80 million in commitments.

When small banks leave the community, it makes sense for credit unions to fill the void.

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Ally Financial's recently announced $2.65 billion cash-and-stock deal for CardWorks, which offers unsecured credit cards among other products, places a high price tag on a traditionally risky product.

The bank could announce as early as Friday a deal on charges it wronged customers; the acquisition allows Morgan Stanley to compete in retail banking.

The Wall Street giant will inherit some $56 billion of low-cost deposits that will allow it to offer more traditional banking products to its wealth management clients.

The heads of the two companies explain how the deal came about, what hurdles they face and how they plan to mash up their very different operations.

The all-stock takeover would add E-Trade’s $360 billion of client assets to Morgan Stanley’s $2.7 trillion.

$13 billion deal will get Morgan Stanley "ready for prime time"; Ralph Hamers will replace Sergio Ermotti later this year.

The company will nearly double the amount of marine loans on its books after buying a division from People's United.