Western Alliance's deal for a small industrial loan company out of bankruptcy shows that old-fashioned financial deals still have appeal for shrewd shoppers.

A once minor marketing relationship with Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has become one of the best moves ever by Baltimore's struggling First Mariner Bank.

Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) in Boston reported higher quarterly earnings after an acquisition boosted interest income.

The payments technology company plans to acquire the online banking company for its bill payment technology.

FIS, the number-one financial services technology company on the FinTech 100 ranking, Thursday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mFoundry, a Larkspur, Calif.-based mobile banking and payments provider.

Fees from mortgage banking and fewer troubled loans lifted First Mariner Bancorp in the fourth quarter. The $1.38 billion-asset company in Baltimore earned $1.6 million in the fourth quarter after losing $4 million a year earlier.

Yadkin Valley Financial in Elkin, N.C., sold a reinsurance business during the fourth quarter.

Dick Bove, the country's most quotable bank analyst, has a new firm, a 167-page "Banking Manifesto," and a lot of optimism about the industry's future.

Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI) in Oak Ridge, N.J., has tapped a new leader for its bank just two days after announcement plans to buy Somerset Hills Bancorp (SOMH).

ACI Worldwide and Fidelity National Information Services each announced acquisitions of companies that provide payments technology.

Pioneer Credit Recovery, a collection agency in New York state, has helped a county in Illinois recoup $320,000 in 11 months.

The Treasury Department has unloaded its latest round of bank stocks from the Troubled Asset Relief Program at a deep discount.

Consumer debt buyers rarely get thorough documentation of the defaulted loans they purchase, a Federal Trade Commission report found.

The long-delayed merger between First California Financial Group (FCAL) and Premier Service Bank (PSBK) has been called off.

Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has turned to Sandler O'Neill to help it recapitalize after another quarterly loss.

One PacificCoast Bancorp (OPCB) in Oakland, Calif., has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Albina Community Bancorp (ACBC) in Portland, Ore.

Capital Bank Financial (CBF) of Coral Gables, Fla., marked its first full quarter as a public company with an increase in profits that fell short of expectations.

The valuation of United Bankshares' deal for Virginia Commerce — 1.8 times tangible book — is an encouraging sign for other sellers.

The Minnesota bank is generating strong profits on its specialty lending, but is the run-up in its stock price a validation of that strategy or investors hoping that it will be acquired?

First Belleville Bancshares didn't buy First National Bank in Hays, Kan., because of the seller's accounts-receivable unit, though the business could prove to be a nice added value.