Paul Davis has 25+ years of experience in banking and fintech. He is the founder of Bank Slate Consulting and creator of The Bank Slate, which covers banking, fintech and financial services strategy ...

Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., has agreed to buy Pacific Financial in Aberdeen, Wash. The $16.3 billion-asset Banner said in a press release that it will pay $177 million in stock for the parent ...

Edward Jones has received regulatory approval to form Edward Jones Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions signed off on the brokerage’s request for ...

Ramp has applied for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The expense management fintech said in a LinkedIn post that the proposed Ramp National Trust Bank ...

Array, an embeddable fintech platform that offers financial empowerment tools, acquired Hansa, which pairs business credit furnishing with embedded business credit tools. Array said in a press release ...

Pinnacle Bancorp in Omaha, Neb., has agreed to buy Southern Bancshares in Moulton, Texas. The $$20.9 billion-asset Pinnacle did not disclose how much it will pay for the parent of the $1.4 ...

Texas Banc Financial in Fort Worth has agreed to buy Haskell Bancshares in Haskell, Texas. The $2.5 billion-asset parent of TexasBank said in a press release that it expects to buy the holding company ...

Columbia Banking System is moving most of its top executives from Washington to Arizona. The new executive office in Scottsdale is expected to open next month, according to published reports. The move ...

HomeStreet in Seattle has a new agreement to sell itself four months after a deal to sell to FirstSun Capital Bancorp in Denver fell through. The $16.5 billion-asset Mechanics Bank in Walnut Creek, ...

First Horizon in Memphis, Tenn., reported a third-quarter net loss after deciding to sell a large portion of its mortgage portfolio. The $84.3 billion-asset company said in a press release that it had ...

Axos Financial in Las Vegas has agreed to buy a book of individual retirement accounts from Capital One Financial in McLean, Va. Axos said in a regulatory filing that the IRAs have an aggregate ...

LendingClub in San Francisco plans to rename its bank. The fintech said in a press release that it will rebrand LendingClub Bank as Happen Bank. The new brand, which will debut this summer, reflects ...