On the issue of large regional mergers, former FDIC heads Sheila Bair and Thomas Hoenig said that presuming banks with more than $100 billion of assets are systemically important is “regulatory overreach.”

Executives at banks north of the border pointed this week to several potential U.S. economic snags, including inflation, the possibility of a housing market correction and soaring energy prices.

Toronto-Dominion Bank’s U.S. personal-banking business benefited from continued strength in the housing market and robust credit conditions in the fiscal second quarter.

The deal between associations in Pennsylvania and Maryland will create a $5.9 billion-asset lender called Horizon Farm Credit.

The number of acquisition announcements in April was less than half the level of a year earlier. Experts attribute this to stock market weakness, higher interest rates and elevated regulatory scrutiny.

Acquiring the 151-year-old PCSB would give the buyer its first presence in the deposit-rich metro New York marketplace. After the $313 million deal closes, Brookline will operate two separately chartered subsidiaries in addition to its namesake bank.

Citigroup is weighing a deal to buy Deutsche Bank's Mexican bank amid plans to set up a new local unit as it exits retail operations in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts said it would acquire Northmark Bank in a transaction valued at $63 million.

A hearing on the pending BMO-Bank of the West merger will be held in July, and another on TD's proposed acquisition of First Horizon is set for August. The announcements indicate that regulators have decided to hold such hearings more often.

Q2 Holdings, a banking-software provider, is weighing options including a sale after receiving takeover interest, according to people familiar with the matter. 

RBB Bancorp says it's investigating complaints by its former vice chairman, who stepped down along with another director, about potential conflicts of interest involving other members of the board.

Completion of U.S. Bancorp’s $8 billion acquisition of MUFG Union Bank, originally slated for June, has been pushed to the second half of 2022, the seller’s parent company says.

The combined entity would have close to $1.4 billion of assets and nearly 60,000 members.

DFCU Financial in Dearborn is acquiring the $689 million-asset First Citrus Bank, a subsidiary of First Citrus Bancorp. in Tampa.

Consumer complaints surged in March, shortly after the North Carolina bank completed a core technology conversion to bring together BB&T and SunTrust. Truist is still dealing with the gripes, which involve delayed access to cash, difficulties using debit cards and excruciatingly long wait times.

The acquisition of locations owned by HomeStreet Bank will mark the Idaho bank's entry into the Evergreen State.

Think Stack's purchase of Emergifi also brings it an equity stake in Corporate Central Credit Union, which founded the Milwaukee organization in 2017.

GradFin offers advisory services to Americans who want assistance with their student loans. The acquisition is part of the Cleveland bank’s strategy of adding niche digital businesses.

After combining with Brazosport Teachers Federal Credit Union in Clute, Texas, Space City will become a $160 million-asset institution.