Regional banks

The Connecticut company will have nearly $48 billion in assets after it buys First Connecticut Bancorp.

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions.

Approval rates for small-business loan applications were up at small and larger financial institutions as the labor market continued to improve.

TIAA has recruited Lori Fouché to serve as CEO of retail and institutional financial services.

BB&T is buying Regions Financial's insurance business. That made the timing right for its retail broker to undergo a name change, the company said.

Bill Davidson, who heads the company's U.S. technology banking team, will oversee the global expansion efforts.

The Atlanta bank had previously failed compliance metrics in five straight quarters before passing them last year, according to the settlement's monitor.

Umpqua Bank has hired veteran lender Tom Farrell to help it grow its homebuilder finance group in California.

Here's a look at eight deals, why they were significant and why many more are expected.

Financial institutions have spent time and money to try to make their branches and digital services more accessible, but Fifth Third and TD Bank are among employers working with the nonprofit Project SEARCH to meet an overlooked need: finding jobs for young people with autism and other cognitive challenges.