Prosperity Bancshares in Houston posted higher earnings in the first quarter following a flood of deals.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas has agreed to National Bancshares in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Christopher Ewing has been named the bank's chief risk officer and will remain chief operations officer, Virginia Commerce said Tuesday.

Zions executives may have wished they never bought a failed bank after a painful conversation with analysts to explain a special charge related to old FDIC deals.

Wells Fargo now gets a third of its fee revenue from its relatively small investment-management and brokerage businesses. Executive David Carroll explains how Wells is getting more business from its wealthy — but not too wealthy — customers and is seeking acquisitions in this market.

Though profitable, Synovus is still trying to hit its stride. Still, CEO Kessell Stelling told analysts that he wants to make acquisitions at some point in the future.

Shareholders of Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC) will no longer have to wait a year for 40% of their payout.

Eric John Abrahamson, author of "Building Home: Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream," talks about what lenders today can learn from Howard F. Ahmanson's story.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, reported higher first-quarter earnings thanks to better fee income and lending as well as lower expenses.

Ahmanson had seen men get rich by focusing on the government's priorities. Now it wanted homes and mortgages. He would build a business to meet this demand.

First Scottsdale Bank had $80 million in assets, but then it agreed to buy a $224 million-asset competitor and outbid five others to acquire a $45 million-asset bank from the FDIC.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kan., may use the Troubled Asset Relief Program to buy a stake in Blue Valley Ban Corp, an in-state rival.

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

The $133 million-asset Jefferson Bancorp said Monday that it had acquired 10 branches from Carrollton that will operate under the Bay Bank name. The company has $480 million in assets and 22 branches around Baltimore.

The law firm Proskauer has lured a veteran lawyer/investment banker from UBS.

Regulators seized two banks in Florida, and one in Kentucky, in a trio of failures Friday.

First Horizon National (FHN) in Memphis, Tenn., boosted profits by cutting costs in the first quarter.

BB&T wants to trim expenses, and its effort should include little things like conserving electricity at the office, CEO Kelly King says.

Associated Banc-Corp of Green Bay, Wis., has made significant strides in its bid to become more efficient, but CEO Philip Flynn admits it has much more work to do.

Revenue is expected to strengthen at least a little in the second quarter, but cost-cutting is here to stay until the economy really improves.