Bankers, analysts and investors can no longer simply consider past performance to gauge if banks have enough capital. The what-if forecasting of regulators' stress tests is critical to the exercise.

Citigroup Inc. has entered an agreement to buy the Best Buy private-label card portfolio, which has about $7 billion in loans, from Capital One Financial Corp. Citi has also agreed to issue and manage new Best Buy-branded cards in the U.S.

F.N.B. Corp. (FNB) in Hermitage, Pa., will enter Cleveland after agreeing to buy PVF Capital (PVFC) for roughly $106 million, or $3.98 a share, in stock.

Ally Bank is selling a mortgage business to Walter Investment Management.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has closed the $58.4 million-asset Covenant Bank on Chicago's West Side.

Lorraine Miller, MidSouth Bancorp's director of mergers and acquisitions, has added the role of treasurer, but the company says her new duties are not a signal it would stop hunting for deals.

PremierWest shareholders are scheduled to vote Tuesday on its proposed sale to the holding company of AmericanWest Bank. At 43% of tangible book value, some of them might be reluctant.

The rates commercial bankers pay for M&A advice were on the rise long before investment banks began to consolidate. Their future direction depends on the pace of bank deals.

What lies ahead for the top 10 bank marriages and engagements of 2012?

An investor with a history of forming and selling banks has bought a large stake in Liberty Bell, a Philadelphia-area bank.

The merger of the two airlines makes it likely that two rewards programs will become one, leaving the incumbent issuers no choice but to duke it out.

Just days after announcing that it is selling part of its mortgage-servicing business, Ocwen Financial (OCN) agreed to buy the mortgage-lending unit of New York investment bank Gleacher

Banks will unload big volumes of distressed loans this year, the head of PennyMac predicts.