Ottawa Savings Bancorp in Ottawa, Ill., is planning its second-step conversion.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., said it had secured enough votes to prevail in a fight with a big shareholder.

Bankers have long complained that customers are fee averse. Aspiration, a nonbank that is working with a Boston bank, has a model that is proving that some clients will voluntarily pay fees.

Chemung Financial in Elmira, N.Y., is set to form an insurance unit.

Union Bankshares in Richmond, Va., will open a loan production office after hiring a team that worked at NewBridge Bancorp.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has agreed to buy Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

Some days the ride-sharing app receives more than a million phishing emails — a stat to which large banks can relate. But after deploying common protocols and open-source software, Uber now rejects most bad emails.

Novantas has acquired Chicago-based consulting firm Treasury Strategies.

Summit Financial Group in Moorefield, W.Va., has agreed to buy First Century Bankshares in Bluefield, W.Va.

A number of executives are warning that midsize borrowers are hoarding cash rather than borrowing, reflecting increased concern about the economy.

Banks announced 41 mergers through May 31, representing a 16% decline from the same period in 2015, according to data from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and S&P Global Market Intelligence.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco plans to raise about $178 million through a common stock offering.

Activist-pressured Comerica disclosed some long-awaited, positive news, reporting an uptick in average loan balances so far in the second quarter.

At least three community banks have hired lenders who once worked at banks bought by BB&T. The question is whether those lenders can coax their clients to also make a switch.

First South Bancorp survived a close vote on a shareholder proposal to "immediately" take steps to sell the Washington, N.C., company.

Intrum Justitia AB’s new CEO says there is no reason why Europe’s biggest debt collector should not adopt a bolder acquisition strategy and consider bigger credit management companies than it has focused on before.

Paragon Commercial could raise up to $29 million when the Raleigh, N.C., company conducts its initial public offering.

While many of the nation's biggest banks provide live streams of their shareholders meetings, many midsize institutions do not. Investors are urging more institutions to webcast those gatherings, based on a belief that doing so will increase transparency.

Banks have rushed to the exits when it comes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt securities. Federal liquidity rules seem to be prompting big banks to do so, but why small banks are unloading the bonds, too, is more of a puzzler.

In addition to credit risk from leveraged loans and other types of assets, an added worry for participations is how they would be treated in a failure of the originating bank.