Regional banks

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati named Chief Financial Officer Jamie Anderson as president. The move positions Anderson as heir apparent to CEO Archie Brown, according to one analyst.

First National Bank of Omaha's planned acquisition of InBankshares in Denver comes less than three months after it agreed to acquire a Kansas City-area bank.

Tupelo, Mississippi-based Renasant Corp. hired Catherine Mealor, who covered the company for Keefe Bruyette & Woods, to succeed the retiring Jim Mabry.

Valley National Bank, which spent two years reducing its large concentration in commercial real estate loans, announced plans Tuesday to buy a bank in the competitive Chicago market.

Competition for loans and deposits in Texas is mounting as out-of-state banks swoop into the Lone Star State, eager for a piece of the economic pie. Some Texas-headquartered banks are trying to hold their ground by doubling down on full relationships and customer service.

Long Island-based Dime Commercial Bancshares, which continues to transform itself from a thrift into a commercial bank, is eyeing additional expansion in the Garden State.

In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $10-$50 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.

Some analysts and investors zeroed in Thursday on weaker net interest income guidance. But Huntington executives said they expect strong second-half results.

For some banks, surging loan growth isn't all a bed of roses, as funding the increased volume often results in a certain amount of net-interest-margin dilution.

The Las Vegas bank's deal for Arc Technologies comes three months after Capital One paid $5 billion for AI-native payments firm Brex.

Industry experts say regional banks have roughly a two-year window in which to merge, before they risk the clock expiring on the Trump administration's M&A-friendly policies.

The Alabama company has a long history of absorbing smaller firms with special skills. Acquiring the investment bank Frazer Lanier, an analyst said, is another example of that strategy.

The Kansas City bank plans to purchase St. Louis-based Nolan & Associates, adding to its investment banking advisory capabilities.

The Atlanta bank was ordered to pay nearly $80 million to the former head of its equipment-finance subsidiary Balboa Capital

CEO Lynn Harton said his Greenville, South Carolina-based bank struggled the past year to keep Navitas from overshooting the limit the bank set for its expanding portfolio, about 10% of total loans.

Senior executives at the Ohio regional bank say cost savings and revenue synergies from a pair of recent Texas deals could top $500 million.

Though compliance spending remains an issue, the Toronto-based company reported linked-quarter loan growth in the U.S. and expects the trend to accelerate.

BOK Financial and Atlantic Union Bankshares are among the lenders with very low rates of bad loans. They're telling investors it won't last forever.

Flagstar — one of the largest regional banks, operating around 340 locations across nine states — recently hired four senior executives.

Columbia caught the attacker still inside its systems on Dec. 19, three days before the access window closed, then took four months to notify customers.