Stripe and Advent International have reportedly offered to buy PayPal for $60.50 per share, or $53 billion, a valuation that some think might be viewed as a "low-ball" offer.

A detailed look at bank merger-and-acquisition activity between January and June reveals a significant slowdown in announcements and a decline in deal value and pricing. The deceleration coincided with the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

The Honolulu-based company said it plans to acquire TriCo Bancshares in Chico, California, and retain all of the seller's 68 branches.

The Louisiana-based lender's acquisition of American Planning Corp. expands the list of advisory services it offers to other community banks.

The national bank is releasing an upgraded version of its mobile app to its users in phases after absorbing 780,000 former FirstBank customers last month.

The Las Vegas bank's deal for Arc Technologies comes three months after Capital One paid $5 billion for AI-native payments firm Brex.

Retaining Bartholomew & Company comes as a big victory in LPL's bid to hold on to AUM and advisors from its acquisition last year of Commonwealth Financial Network.

Industry experts say regional banks have roughly a two-year window in which to merge, before they risk the clock expiring on the Trump administration's M&A-friendly policies.

A $160 million deal to merge Hometown Financial Group subsidiaries and Primary Bank will lead to consolidation under a single brand name of TruNorth.

Oklahoma's Bank7 may acquire New Mexico's Century Bank by the end of the year. The reason: A wealthy Century shareholder is being forced to sell his shares to satisfy a $40 million debt.

Even though RIAs reached a record size in four important metrics, experts say equity values are masking weaknesses in their organic growth.

The Alabama company has a long history of absorbing smaller firms with special skills. Acquiring the investment bank Frazer Lanier, an analyst said, is another example of that strategy.

The parent company for crypto exchange Kraken bought the stablecoin payments fintech as it awaits a response to its national trust bank charter application.

The Kansas City bank plans to purchase St. Louis-based Nolan & Associates, adding to its investment banking advisory capabilities.

Pinnacle Financial Partners' headquarters is moving to a new 25-story office tower in Midtown Atlanta; New Jersey-based Provident Bank appoints Adriano Duarte to succeed Thomas Lyons as chief financial officer; Binance will shut down services for customers in France, Italy, Spain and Poland after the exchange withdrew its MiCA licence application in Greece; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Colony Bankcorp has reached a $163 million deal to acquire Florence, South Carolina-based First Reliance Bancshares.

Keweenaw Financial plans to acquire neighboring Range Financial in a transaction that would create an institution with nearly $1.7 billion of assets.

The international bank software company divested the remainder of its bank core software after selling off its Phoenix core system earlier this month.

After encountering a rough patch in 2023, seller 1895 Bancorp in Greenfield, Wisconsin, hired an investment bank to consider strategic opportunities.