The big bank has taken heat from social conservatives about its TV advertisement featuring a same-sex couple adopting a child, but Wells executives say the ad is part of a larger campaign that embraces the many demographic groups in its customer base.

Regions Financial and U.S. Bancorp are among the institutions that are using independent filmmakers to produce high-quality videos for YouTube and other channels. Industry experts warn, however, that success is far from assured in an already crowded social media world.

Congress should avoid becoming so focused on the problems with big banks that they overlook the community lenders suffering from a lack of regulatory relief.

PBB Bancorp in Los Angeles has agreed to buy First Mountain Bank in Big Bear Lake, Calif., for about $13.4 million in cash and stock.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., has filed registration documents for an initial public offering, with plans to raise up to $86.3 million.

A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended June 20.

Community banks get almost half of their service charges from overdraft fees. That could become problematic as regulators continue to look into the issue.

Dickinson Financial in Kansas City, Mo., has consolidated several of its banks charters to cut costs and improve marketing to military members.

CoBiz Financial in Denver plans to issue up subordinated debt to redeem its shares in the Small Business Lending Fund.

Royal Financial in Chicago has agreed to sell $29.1 million in distressed assets, a deal mandated by a bankruptcy judge as part of the company's acquisition of PNA Bank.

The $20.4 billion-asset company said in a news release that it could offer fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, according to a shelf registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

New York Community Bancorp would stay profitable and maintain capital levels well above the necessary minimum if it was hit with a sustained economic shock, its stress-test report said. It is one of the larger banks subject to the so-called DFAST review.

Atlantic Coast Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., is in talks to restructure its debt and has reversed the valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset.

John Poelker recently stepped down from CertusHoldings in Greenville, S.C., but in less than a year on the job he broke up a $1.7 billion-asset company that had lost roughly $170 million from 2012 to 2014 amid investor claims of mismanagement and excessive spending by his predecessors. Here's a look at how he did it.

Bear State Financial in Little Rock, Ark., has agreed to buy Metropolitan National Bank in Springfield, Mo.

Eagle Bancorp Montana in Helena has completed a $10 million private placement of subordinated bonds.

Pressure from community groups forced Valley National Bancorp to strengthen its commitment to lend in low-and moderate-income neighborhoods in order to win approval for a Florida acquisition. Other banks, too, are now placing CRA efforts front-and-center as they aim to sell deals to the public and their regulators.

The NCUA is proposing changes that would allow credit unions to approve applications more expeditiously, eliminating an edge long held by banks. The agency is also ready to let members make more commercial development loans.

Yadkin Financial in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to sell two branches in North Carolina to Select Bancorp in Dunn, N.C.

First Mid-Illinois Bancshares in Mattoon plans to sell about $29.3 million in common stock in a private placement.