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Huntington's $7.4 billion acquisition of Cadence would give the Ohio-based bank a top-five market share in both Dallas and Houston. It comes just a week after Huntington closed its last Texas acquisition.

Nicolet Bankshares has agreed to buy MidWestOne Financial in an $864 million, all-stock deal. The acquisition will move the Wisconsin-based buyer into Iowa and the Twin Cities, while also allowing it to vault past a key regulatory threshold.

The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

The Dallas-based regional bank's return on average assets exceeded its goal of 1.1% for the first time, coming in at 1.3% for the third quarter. The bank has been in transformation mode since 2021.

Fraser will succeed John Dugan, who's been Citi's chair for six years. The megabank also granted Fraser a one-time award of $25 million in restricted stock units, and more than 1 million stock options.

Farmers National Banc Corp. in Ohio plans to acquire in-state rival Middlefield Banc Corp. in a deal that will deepen the buyer's footprint in Columbus.

Five years after the government struggled to disburse pandemic relief checks, the Fed is using improved processing for emergency funds as a reason for banks to get onboard with FedNow.

Spring Bank CEO Barry Mann has accumulated a 6% stake in New York City-based Carver Bancorp. Carver has a history of underperforming, but Mann is optimistic about its chances under new CEO Donald Felix.

The Canadian bank plans to sell the branches, which are mostly in the Midwest and Great Plains, to First Citizens Bank in North Carolina. At the same time, it plans to build 150 branches over the next five years in markets with longer-term growth prospects.

PNC CEO Bill Demchak said Wednesday that regulatory processes and enforcement actions take up half of the time that the company's board spends together. Those rules are on deck for a makeover.

The megabank's multiyear effort to simplify its business model and improve its risk management is starting to pay off in the form of more consistent profitability and improved returns, CEO Jane Fraser told analysts.

The regional bank has launched a digital student banking center that's part of a broader strategy to focus on relationship-building.

The superregional bank inked its merger agreement with FirstBank just two weeks after it saw the first draft of the agreement.

The Accountability Board, a three-year-old-group focused on corporate governance issues, said the bank shouldn't have backtracked on a longstanding policy separating the chairman and CEO roles.

Fifth Third announced it plans to buy the Dallas bank in a $10.9 billion transaction.

As consumers use digital subscriptions for everything from streaming movies to cooking meals, financial apps are taking different approaches to helping their customers navigate recurring payments. Should banks get in on the action?