Plus: New York-based community banks to combine; Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Bay Banks plan merger

CEO Brian Mauntel has resigned from his position, Heartland Bank announced this week

Plus, Sterling National Bank has rolled out an artificial intelligence-driven “digital colleague” for its online offering

Second-quarter income for US banks was down 70% year-on-year – but community banks are thriving, FDIC data shows

Ally Financial is entering the point-of-sale retail financing market through a partnership with Mastercard’s Vyze

Software for the digitization of banking services will be worth $9 billion by 2026, research has shown

Iowa-based fintech Moov Financial is to expand its engineering team and accelerate product development after landing $5.5 million from investors

FIS has announced a subscription-based core banking solution, ClearEdge, that aims to grant U.S. community banks access to more advanced banking infrastructures

The consumer regulator said the bank misled consumers over the terms of a debit card service – but TD disputes this

Users are staying with their providers but are unhappy at how they have been treated during the pandemic, JD Power found