Buoyed by higher profits and an influx of deposits from prepaid corporate debit cards, Patriot National Bancorp appears to be nearing a deal that would boost its size and expand its digital-banking capacities, Chairman Michael Carrazza says.

The White House and regulators have sought to ease fears about the banking system, but business depositors as well as regional bank investors remain jittery. Speculation has accelerated about potential buyers of the failed Silicon Valley and Signature banks, the health of certain other regionals and how deposit costs will change.

One day after Provident Financial Services agreed to buy Lakeland Bancorp, the latter bank reached a redlining settlement with the Department of Justice. Now there are calls for regulators who are reviewing the deal to require the same of more banks.

René Jones explained to shareholders how breakdowns occurred following the bank's acquisition of People's United Financial. An analyst called the remarks a "big mea culpa."

SeaComm Federal Credit Union of Massena, New York, and St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union of Ogdensburg, New York, are planning to merge by the end of the year.

The results came a day after it emerged that Canada's second-largest bank doesn't anticipate regulators will approve its deal for Memphis, Tenn.-based First Horizon Corp. by May 27, as it previously projected.

In three years as a subsidiary of $3.2 billion-asset MVB Financial, Chartwell Compliance has tripled its headcount and revenues, MVB CEO Larry Mazza said Wednesday, after announcing Chartwell's sale to New York-based Ankura.

The merger of Columbia and Umpqua has created a $52 billion-asset bank rooted in the Pacific Northwest. CEO Clint Stein said the company has room to expand in California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah.

A group including Dr. Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, and former SBA Regional Administrator Ashley Bell says the deal struck Tuesday to acquire Holladay Bank & Trust in Utah marks the first time Black investors have acquired a non-Black bank.

The company has agreed to acquire the parent of Peoples Bank in a deal expected to close in the third quarter.

Executives at Wayne Savings Bancshares and Main Street Financial grew progressively more comfortable with the idea of a deal during six months of talks, Wayne Savings CEO James VanSickle says.

Attorney General William Tong is asking state lawmakers to grant his office more power to investigate consumer complaints after problems marred M&T Bank's integration with People's United Financial.

The Maryland bank is merging with Linkbancorp in a nearly $168 million deal that would create a $3 billion-asset company. The transaction comes just months after OceanFirst Financial and Partners nixed their merger plan, citing regulatory delays.

The arrangement is designed to benefit commercial clients of both banks that operate on multiple continents. The companies reached the arrangement as part of the recent sale of Bank of the West.

Buckeye State Bancshares near Columbus said it would buy cross-state rival Rockhold Bancshares. Only six such deals were announced in January, making it the slowest first month of a year for M&A since the financial crisis.

After months of speculation, Truist Financial has agreed to sell 20% of its insurance brokerage subsidiary to the private-equity firm Stone Point Capital for $1.95 billion. The deal was touted as a way to provide capital for expansion and increase earnings over time.

The five-year, $50 billion agreement with community groups includes a pledge to open 25 branches in marginalized communities. TD is seeking regulatory approval for its acquisition of Memphis, Tennessee-based First Horizon.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., specifically called out acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu, saying that he "needs to learn how to say no to anticompetitive bank mergers."

Acquiring First Miami Bancorp would give the Greenville, South Carolina-based buyer three branches and nearly $900 million of deposits in the Southeast's biggest banking market.

In a speech on the central bank's regulatory agenda for the year, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Michelle Bowman said the merger-and-acquisition review process could benefit from added transparency.