The success of Fiserv’s acquisition of First Data, FIS’ purchase of WorldPay, or Global Payments merger with TSYS rides on the companies’ ability to address merchants that are under extreme pressure.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

Five years after rebranding as a growth strategy, small Turbine FCU has been approved to merge into Durham, N.C.-based Self-Help Credit Union.

Following its $2.3 billion IPO, payment processor Nexi made another large deal to scale its merchant services.

The FDIC was reluctant to sign off on the merger of Summit Bancshares and Faciam Holdings because the company planned to serve marijuana-related businesses.

The Tennessee company said Rob Garcia will be in charge of building a commercial banking team in the city.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.