Heartland Financial (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has purchased a bank of River Valley Bancorp in Davenport, Iowa.

Banc of California (BANC) in Irvine has filed documents that would allow it to offer up to $1 billion of securities.

WSFS Financial (WSFS) in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to buy First Wyoming Financial in Wyoming, Del.

The Federal Reserve Board has approved a deal for prepaid card issuer Green Dot to buy GE Capital's Walmart-branded prepaid debit card business, according to a statement the Fed posted online Nov. 22.

Retired Congressman Barney Frank, one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, called Friday for both stringent standards and lenient enforcement around the law's much-watched Volcker rule.

Bank buyers should be taking notes about the problems with HealthCare.gov. A bad online integration of an acquisition could send new customers to the door, or worse: to Twitter.

After his cellphone number wound up online, PNC's chief executive says that he answers — and welcomes — some of the calls he gets from dissatisfied customers.

The regulatory and business environment makes most transformational deals highly unattractive and potentially dangerous for big banks, according to the leaders of Bank of America, U.S. Bancorp and PNC.

In its third acquisition deal this year, Independent Bank Group (IBTX) in McKinney, Texas, has agreed to buy BOH Holdings in Houston.

Clifton Savings Bancorp (CSBK) in Clifton, N.J., is moving forward with a long-planned second-step conversion.

One-fourth of bankers surveyed by KPMG expect to become sellers in 2014 as challenges and regulatory scrutiny rise.

Big banks have not done enough in the five years since the financial crisis to make themselves more socially responsible corporations, according to a report released Wednesday by a shareholder advocacy group.

Banks may never be able to restore their reputations after the financial meltdown, the director of the "Wall Street" movies told a Commercial Finance Association gathering. Surely the association wasn't expecting a pep talk.

A U.S. Bancorp (USB) subsidiary has agreed to acquire the Irish hedge fund administrator Quintillion.

Law firm Rimon has added a former Bank of America (BAC) lawyer as a partner in its new Boston office.

U.S. bank divestitures hit a 10-year low in 2013, according to a new report by Dealogic.

Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC) in Jacksonville, Fla., has launched a $42 million public offering.

U.S. Bancorp, the largest bank based in the Midwestern U.S., is the leading contender to buy the Chicago branches of Citizens Financial Group Inc. because smaller bidders are wary of raising capital to fund the deal, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Pacific Premier is complementing two liquidity-driven acquisitions with the addition of a restaurant-franchise lending company. Such loans are expected to bring the California company higher-yielding loans. It's another example of banks' strong push for new revenue sources.

Alliance Financial Services in Saint Paul, Minn., plans to exit the Wisconsin market.