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The New York-area companies' $489 million agreement runs counter to recent merger pacts built around branch cuts and more tech spending.

Ride-hailing services and public transit were gaining ground until the pandemic struck, but the outbreak has quickly and radically changed how consumers think about buying cars.

The credit union has agreed to buy Elberfeld State Bank, broadening its reach in the Evansville, Ind., market.

Axcess Financial is using stronger authentication, studying up on bad actors and planning to use a federal service that automates verification of Social Security numbers.

The deal will create an $11 billion-asset banking company with operations in a number of markets around New York City.

Neil Dauby, the Indiana company's chief commercial banking officer, will have oversight of all operations, reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Schroeder.

The bank is rethinking its plans for bringing back workers in Texas, Florida and other states where new coronavirus cases are surging.

Christina O’Brien has worked at the Warner Robins, Ga.-based credit union for almost 30 years in a variety of roles.

Mesaba, which is also based in Minnesota, is the parent of American Bank of the North and Lake Bank.

Reading Cooperative Bank recently launched a program that aims to hire young Black and Hispanic adults from low-income communities. Its leaders say it’s part of a broad strategy to develop new pipelines of talent and better serve low-income communities.

The Greenville, S.C.-based institution will gain three branches and about $100 million in assets if members of Anderson Federal Credit Union approve the transaction.

Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio will have assets of $1.5 billion when it absorbs two affiliated banking companies in nearby cities.

Credit unions won the day as the Supreme Court rejected an appeal that would have limited consumers' access to financial services. Now Congress must act to remove those field-of-membership restrictions entirely.

The industry claimed victory over banks as the Supreme Court elected not to hear a challenge to a controversial 2016 rule, but the landscape has shifted dramatically since NCUA approved the measure.

The company said it had cut 20 positions and found a way to shed 35,000 square feet of office space by the end of 2020.

The court's decision not to consider an appeal from the American Bankers Association is likely to be the last step in a legal saga dating back to 2016.

JPMorgan Chase is cracking down on racism by its customers. The bank is revamping a policy for dealing with abusive clients to include racism toward call-center employees as behavior that could warrant cutting ties with the customers.

The Loan Source, the nonbank lender buying the Paycheck Protection Program loans, has similar deals in place with other lenders.

Following the completion of a merger between Canyon State CU and Deer Valley CU, the combined institution has unveiled its new name.

Now perhaps more than ever, banks and their proxies need to show tact when communicating with past-due borrowers.