The first quarter proved sluggish for overall merger activity. Here are notable deals announced in March.

The Delray Beach-based credit union entered into the deal as part of a broader expansion push along Florida's Treasure Coast.

FIS’s $43 billion agreement to acquire Worldpay and Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to buy First Data are largely closing the gaps between financial technology and merchant acquiring. But these mergers are only the first of many steps.

The Illinois company will pay about $10 million, and redeem $23.5 million in trust-preferred stock, as part of the deal.

The FIS-Worldpay and Fiserv-First Data combos do provide notable scale, but the even-larger companies still won't produce the same pace of growth that younger nimble fintechs enjoy, says Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

The company plans to sell its third-party origination channel to Renasant. It has also lined up a deal to sell its correspondent channel.

Constellation Federal Credit Union has received the OK from members and regulators to merge into $3.4 billion-asset Northwest FCU.

Community and regional banks may not be able to outspend their larger rivals, but they can be more nimble in implementing the necessary culture change.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat, said the banks failed to provide enough information on how their proposed combination would affect employees and consumers.

Sure, M&A is a good option, but so are branch deals or key hires, say two veteran bankers who shared some of their successful strategies at American Banker’s Retail Banking Growth Stories conference.

Power Financial Credit Union's deal for TransCapital Bank marks the fourth time this year a bank has agreed to be sold to a credit union in the Sunshine State.

Incenta Federal Credit Union in Englewood, Ohio, will merge into Pathways Financial in Columbus next week.

The deal between Performance Trust and Banks Street Partners is the second combination this month of investment banks that cater to commercial banks.

The Tacoma, Wash.-based Sound touted the deal as the first time a credit union bought a bank in the state of Washington.

It was early on a February morning when Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles got the call: BB&T would combine with SunTrust in the largest bank deal in a decade and wanted to place its headquarters in her city.

Fleet card and virtual card technology provider WEX plans to acquire the Go Fuel Card business from fuel station and convenience store retailer EG Card.

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University Bancorp gained a number of offices from Huron Valley Financial. It also hired lenders and staff with experience in reverse mortgages and wholesale lending.

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Members of Credit Union South, which has lost money during the past five years, voted to approve the merger.