First Citizens, which wants to buy KS Bancorp, has filed a lawsuit to challenge a so-called poison pill provision that the much smaller bank's board recently passed.

Choice, which has a history of acquisitions, is buying a financial institution that largely focuses on business banking.

Superior Choice Credit Union's deal for Dairyland State Bank in Wisconsin is the second such deal announced this year.

Superior Choice Credit Union is expanding its reach in northwestern Wisconsin by purchasing Dairyland State Bank.

NMI, which provides payments gateway services for resellers of payment services, has purchased U.K.-based Creditcall to expand its EMV and contactless capabilities so it can support retail, e-commerce, mobile and unattended payments through a single platform.

Payments processor Shift4 Payments has acquired CurvePay, an independent sales organization focused on the taxi industry, the latest in a string of recent acquisitions.

Net income at Lansing Postal Community Credit Union has been on the decline and the CU has struggled due to the consolidation of postal services from Lansing to other parts of the state.

Associated Banc-Corp has agreed to buy an insurance broker in Milwaukee after unveiling agreements to buy a community bank last summer and a Chicagoland wealth management firm in the fall.

The Chicago institution, formed in 2010 to buy the failed ShoreBank, has hired Sandler O'Neill to gauge interest from potential buyers, according to a published report.

Having solid relationships with those who cover the banking industry can lend credibility to management teams, especially when times are tough.

U.S. fintechs attracted $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter as institutions sought an AI edge.

Popular will acquire $1.5 billion in auto loans amid questions about the potential for loan losses following Hurricane Maria. The deal also coincides with Wells Fargo's need to stay inside a growth cap imposed by regulators.

Achieva Credit Union, which recently formed a business to advise other acquisition-minded credit unions, has agreed to buy Preferred Community Bank.

The company agreed to buy Bank of River Oaks for $85 million in cash.

The two Lima, Ohio-based CUs will combine to create a $44 million-asset institution.

The Justice Department required the sales before signing off on MainSource's pending sale to First Financial in Cincinnati.

People's Bank of Commerce in southern Oregon decided it had to diversify to survive, so when a director heard a factoring firm he co-founded was up for sale, the bank seized the moment. Now it has other deals in mind.

The California company has agreed to buy Grandpoint Capital, a business bank in Los Angeles, for $641 million.

Federal credit union regulators approved the merger late last year, and the two institutions are targeting a final closing date of June 11, 2018.

In a move to support its business-to-business payments platform, Visa has agreed to acquire software provider Fraedom.