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Despite what one critic says, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of branches from TCF Financial will help underserved communities in Arizona.

The acquisition of Ingenico by Worldline will create the world’s fourth largest payments company and a juggernaut in merchant services.

The California company will pay $1 billion for Opus, a once highflying bank that struggled with credit issues in recent years.

Verdict on OCC’s supervision of Wells Fargo expected in late spring; TD Bank names Matt Boss its new consumer products chief; CenterState and South State plan $3.2B merger with operations stretching from Virginia to Florida; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

National Lloyds, which provides insurance for mobile homes, has a distribution network that operates in 40 states.

Banks would be allowed to own stakes in venture capital funds; the combined BB&T-SunTrust isn’t realizing cost savings as fast as it projected.

Kenneth Lehman, a former banking attorney who acquires large stakes in small banks, will buy BankFlorida, which lost $555,000 through the first nine months of 2019.

The head of the small-bank trade group called for hearings to discuss tougher limits on credit union acquisitions of banks.

The company has revised its near-term forecasts for reducing expenses, citing delayed branch closings and a decision to spend more time testing systems ahead of conversion and integration.

A letter from the Independent Community Bankers of America calls on lawmakers to curtail credit unions' bank-buying spree or at least take measures to ensure parity between the two sides.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.

The promise of post-closing payments encourages top executives to pursue deals that aren’t necessarily in their self-interest, but investors may eventually raise concerns that the packages are expensive and too focused on the short term.

A deal bringing $16 million-asset RiverTrace CU into Call Federal Credit Union will take effect on Feb. 3.

A generation of Americans who were entering adolescence when the financial crisis struck is showing little fear of debt.

A fifth of U.S. banks may lack the stock multiples it takes to pursue acquisitions, so they're looking for other ways to improve results and deploy capital.

Luis Massiani has been the company's chief financial officer since 2012.

CenterState and South State are the latest regionals to announce a deal driven heavily by the need to compete with larger banks that can afford to spend more on cutting-edge technologies.

The deal will create a bank with $34 billion in assets and operations stretching from Virginia to Florida.