Acquisition-hungry Stearns Bank has been fielding so many calls from would-be sellers that it has brought in a merger specialist to sort through them.

The $21 million deal would combine Feather River Bancorp, a small bank with deep local roots, and Plumas Bancorp, which has deeper pockets and a broader array of products and services.

Indiana Members CU will expand its reach later this year following completion of a proposed combination with Members Choice FCU.

The Delaware company would remove a rival, gain scale in affluent Philadelphia suburbs and accelerate its transformation from a branch-heavy lender to a digital-first bank with the $976 million acquisition.

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The Delaware company's pending purchase will create a bank with $43 billion of assets under management.

The deal to take over the firm's prearranged funeral insurance and final expense business in the U.S. and Canada is worth approximately $1.3 billion, and marks the latest in a string of acquisitions for CUNA Mutual.

The acquisition of Golden Pacific Bank will accelerate the online lender’s effort to become a full-service bank.

The unnamed investors will pay about $50 million for Northern California National Bank through a tender offer.

PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will acquire the cryptocurrency firm Curv as it seeks to beef up its talent pool for handling digital currencies.

European payments technology provider The Nets Group says it has completed the sale of its account-to-account corporate business services to Mastercard.

The deal, subject to approval from regulators and members, will add to Valley Strong's existing branch network and comes after several years of losses at Solano First.

Better Financial offers customers up to $5,000 per year in accident coverage, prescription drug discounts and medical debt negotiation to certain account holders.

Square Inc. has agreed to buy a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming music service led by rapper Jay-Z, as part of an effort to expand the company’s suite of financial tools to musicians and emerging artists.

The company would gain its first branches around Annapolis after it buys Severn Bancorp in a deal valued at $146 million.

DMG Bancshares, formed by banking veteran Don Griffith, wants to buy more West Coast banks. For California First, the sale ends a four-year period in which it substantially shrank its loan book after it was ordered to shed leveraged loans.

For the second time in three years, the Cleveland thrift has received a low score on its Community Reinvestment Act examination for making too few home loans in low-income communities.

PayPal Holdings Inc. is in talks to acquire the startup Curv, which helps companies transfer and store digital currencies.

The bank's purchase of Sodak Home Loans in Sioux Falls, S.D., adds to a string of bank deals for mortgage lenders this year.

The company has agreed to pay $43 million for a bank with assets of $354 million.