First Western in Colorado and Coastal Financial in Washington are the latest banks to disclose plans to go public.

PayPal is spending billions on M&A to throttle the heightened competition it faces from the likes of Square and Stripe.

The company will pay $48 million for four branches and $230 million in loans.

Jelena McWilliams said the agency will ask banks what's working and what's not; the acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems lets PayPal offer more services.

Ruoff Financial will make its first push into banking with the purchase of SBB Bancshares.

The Connecticut company will have nearly $48 billion in assets after it buys First Connecticut Bancorp.

Cornerstone Credit Union will acquire tiny Milledgeville Community Credit Union in a merger set to take effect later this summer.

Three years ago the core provider Finastra sought the help of Malauzai to meet customers' cutting-edge technology demands. This week, it bought the software maker.

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions.

The deal for the Denver commercial lender joins a growing list of large acquisitions being announced in competitive urban markets.

Blue Lion Capital, which has been a vocal critic of the Seattle company's strategy, also wants management to consider selling its MSR portfolio.

Cadence first discussed a deal with the Atlanta target four years ago. But negotiations picked up steam once it was clear State Bank had another suitor.

The acquisition will help Carolina Trust expand its operations around Charlotte.

The Canadian company's ambitions include opening a commercial banking office in Dallas and beefing up lending to the technology, construction engineering and the health care sectors.

The Indiana bank would add nearly $100 million in deposits with its purchase of FM Bancorp.

Charter One wanted to sell itself quickly because it feared valuations had peaked, and CenterState was able to beat other potential suitors to the punch.

Park Financial has agreed to buy shares from one of the founders of Mesaba Bancshares.

The company will gain 10 branches and $145 million in loans after it buys Gideon Bancshares.

The company, which has completed eight acquisitions since 2015, agreed to buy City Bank and Trust in Oklahoma.

Nearly a third of the company's revenue will come from noninterest income after it buys SCB, which owns a large insurance and farmland management business.