Piedmont Financial has proposed to buy fellow NC bank Wake Forest in a $37 million deal

Plus: Fresh faces in the C-suite at Exchange Bank, Bank of Texas, Royal Business Bank, Merchants & Marine Bank

Biggest banks appear well-placed to navigate severe downturn, Fed finds

Central bank said that all financial institutions in its annual stress test are in a healthy position to withstand a recession

It’s the growing trend of consolidating and centralizing all of an organization’s financial services in one place

Dozens of financial centers planned in four new states and other markets, bucking the branch closure trend

Bankers must innovate to adapt to a new tide of financial crime

The recent collapse of many major US banks is simply symptomatic of an underlying issue in the banking sector, explains Senior Market Analyst at Trade Nation David Morrison

Risk management is an understandably hot topic at the moment

The Bank of England has implemented a new standard for payments data — and the Fed will be watching closely