The $62.7 million merger of Linkbancorp and Gratz Bank would create a company with over $800 million of assets and nine branches stretching from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia suburbs.

A group that includes the private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group is in talks to acquire Wells Fargo’s student loan portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.

The deal would create a $168 billion banking company in the Midwest and be the latest in a string of regional bank combinations.

The Boston-based firm has been informally working with an adviser to review strategic alternatives for State Street Global Advisors, including a merger with a competitor, people familiar with the matter said.

The incoming Biden administration must take steps to block mergers that could create monopolies, such as Visa's pending acquisition of a competitor.

FleetCor Technologies, whose peers with fleet-card roots include WEX and U.S. Bank Voyager, has been on an M&A streak that netted several B2B payments specialists in areas that take FleetCor in new directions, as rivals also diversify.

First Kansas, part of the multibank holding company Ottawa Bancshares, expects to complete the acquisition early next year.

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon wants to remind the world that his bank is looking to make an acquisition. "If you've got brilliant ideas, give me a call," the CEO said.

Executives from U.S. banks continue to play down near-term expectations, but they say customers are growing more confident ahead of the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, and that key commercial lending segments could drive an economic rebound.

Canoga Postal's merger plans mark the second consolidation in a month for institutions serving USPS employees.

Financial Institutions in New York has agreed to acquire Landmark Group, which provides services to the construction, manufacturing, real estate and technology sectors.

The company's insurance arm, which recently bought a Texas-based insurance tech firm, is on pace to complete five deals this quarter.

Global payments provider Paysafe Group Holdings has agreed to a merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp., a transaction fueled through investments of more than $2 billion.

The incoming Biden administration must take steps to block mergers that could create monopolies, such as Visa's pending acquisition of a competitor.

Acquirers shelved plans to buy banks this year as the coronavirus became widespread, but a combination of factors could spur the confidence to restart those conversations in the months ahead.

Thanks to a frenzy of transactions in the past week, 2020 is already the second-busiest year since the financial crisis for deals involving banks, financial technology companies, insurers and asset managers.

Members of tiny Gloucester Municipal CU are set to vote early next year on whether to join Metro Credit Union.

The U.K. banking giant is reportedly mulling an exit from retail banking in the United States. It could attract more interest if it tries to sell its network in pieces instead of looking for a single buyer, analysts say.

The companies took a pause from merger discussions when the pandemic hit to evaluate their individual circumstances.

Visa insists that the Department of Justice, in objecting to its proposed $5.3 billion purchase of Plaid, fundamentally misunderstands the changing role of data in the payments industry.