Massachusetts mutual, Indiana bank announce proposed deals
Mutual Bancorp in Massachusetts and Bluestone Bank to merge; First Financial in Indiana agrees to buy CedarStone Financial in Tennessee.
Community Banking
ABA, associations welcome deal to end government shutdown
Proposed deal also would reverse the Trump administration's decision to lay off more than 4,000 federal employees, including at the...
Chair’s View: Forging ahead toward banking’s bright future
'Pull up your seat at the table and help us write the next chapter of this great industry.'
Podcast: The Erie Canal at 200
Economic historian John Steele Gordon and editor-in-chief Evan Sparks discuss how the Erie Canal was financed and built—and how it...
The brokered deposit statute is out of sync with today’s financial marketplace
Congress should repeal Section 29 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and replace it with a targeted asset-growth restriction for...
Mergers, acquisitions announced in four states
Proposed mergers and acquisitions announced for banks in Ohio, Colorado, Iowa and Georgia.
How working-class New York savers — and a community bank — helped underwrite the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal, which opened the Midwest to mass settlement and transformed New York into America's commercial capital, turns 200.
Huntington to buy Cadence Bank, deals announced in three other states
Huntington Bancshares agrees to buy Cadence Bank; other proposed acquisitions announced in Texas, Wyoming and Iowa.
House Democrats express ‘deep concern’ about cuts at CDFI Fund
The CDFI Fund and the institutions it serves are “an essential and vital source of capital and financial services to...
Divergence defines Q2 lending landscape
The July 2025 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey highlights a bifurcated lending market.
