HoldCo Asset Management wrote in a letter to the Boston company's chairman that it also wants the board to consider share repurchases to improve shareholder value.

The combined institution will hold assets of more than $335 million and serve over 20,000 members across eight counties in Oregon.

Wells Fargo is opting to keep its private-label credit card unit after reaching out to potential buyers last year, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The tech giant says it will benefit heavily from its 2019 purchase of Worldpay as it seeks to provide digital payment services to merchants.

When its proposed sale to Suncoast Credit Union fell through, Apollo Bank decided to step up commercial lending and revamp its digital offerings in anticipation of an economic rebound in South Florida.

The North Carolina-based credit union, which purchased the vacant bank branch last summer, serves some members across the state line but has not had a brick-and-mortar presence there until now.

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.

Over the past 10 months the payment industry has seen several products and services of bygone eras that have been reconstituted, repackaged and positioned to help customers and small businesses to manage their finances and cash flow, says Avenue B Consulting's Maria Arminio.

The Los Angeles company agreed to buy $105 million of loans and a servicing portfolio that covers another $295 million in originations.

The California company acquired Civic Financial Services, which makes loans to residential real estate investors.

California Polytechnic State University is said to be seeking a new banking partner, a move that could leave the university-based credit union without a home.

Stephen Steinour, the head of Huntington Bancshares, approached TCF Financial about a merger three days after the latter's CEO abruptly retired. An agreement was sealed in about six weeks.

MoneyLion, a mobile banking, lending and investment platform, is in talks to go public through a merger with Fusion Acquisition, a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The Detroit company, which recently agreed to be sold to Huntington Bancshares, gained $1 billion in loans and roughly 60 employees.

After rising losses in 2020, First Credit Union of Scranton is seeking members' approval to merge into Penn East FCU.

The Federal Reserve said its decision to accept input for several more weeks reflects the logistical challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic.

Initially created as a budgeting app, Charlie has added new features that help users visualize their debt and then chip away at balances. Eventually it hopes to add more banklike products.

Broadway Financial had hit a plateau and was in search of a successor to its longtime CEO Wayne-Kent Bradshaw. After the Los Angeles company rejected two buyout offers, Bradshaw reconnected with an old friend at CFBanc in Washington.

A deal to bring Coulee Dam FCU into the fold will expand the Spokane, Wash.-based credit union's branch network while providing a wider array of technologies to the former CDFCU members.

Barry Orr, who formed FirstBank & Trust of Texas in the 1990s, continued to run the bank after selling it to Heartland Financial USA in 2018.