Keith Mestrich, who runs the union-founded bank, plans to use a more liquid stock to pursue acquisitions in cities such as Boston, Seattle and Los Angeles.

For NCR and Diebold Nixdorf's leadership, spotting the fintechs nipping at its heels is the easy part. Charting a path as a half-century old market changes into something entirely new will be much harder.

BayCom in Walnut Creek, Calif., would have a bigger presence in the Albuquerque area after buying Bethlehem Financial.

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Merger announcements typically follow a tried-and-true formula of cutting costs to boost profit. WSFS, however, plans to reinvest $32 million in new tech initiatives after buying Beneficial.

Customers Bancorp said Flagship Community Bank has temporarily withdrawn its application with the FDIC to acquire the digital bank.

The Austin-based credit union serves seven counties in Central Texas.

Huntington Bancshares is acquiring Hutchinson Shockey as both look to broaden their public finance reach.

The Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

The acquisition is further evidence that Paytm is continuing to diversify from being just a payments app and into more of social media app with a payments capability.

While Workers United will no longer own more than half of Amalgamated's stock, it will remain the bank's biggest investor.

Gateway Mortgage's owners plan to merge the mortgage lender into Farmers Exchange Bank.

While most acquirers are content to let cost savings trickle down to the bottom line, WSFS will use the purchase of Beneficial to reinvent itself.

The Delaware company plans to reinvest savings from the $1.5 billion acquisition to upgrade technology and delivery channels.

N.B.C. Bancshares' deal for Bank of Cushing will give it two branches an hour outside of Tulsa.

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Tiny Long Island Community Federal Credit Union has merged into $1.1 billion-asset Suffolk FCU.

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.