The Florida company's earnings increased after it completed a big acquisition and produced strong year-over-year loan production.
Provident's investment adviser unit will have nearly $3 billion in assets under management after it buys Tirschwell & Loewy.
Smaller institutions are booking loans at a faster clip than bigger lenders, raising concerns that they are relaxing standards in order to win business.
The company will pay $93 million for Kinderhook Bank, which has a concentrations of branches around Albany.
The company will top $1 billion in assets after it buys the parent of F&M Bank in Tomah, Wis.
Greenwoods Financial will have $270 million in assets when it buys Fox River Financial.
The Texas bank disclosed that James Dreibelbis, a longtime Woodforest executive, succeeded Nash as president and CEO in late December.
Mark Sander, who has been with the company since 2011, succeeded Michael Schudder, who remains chairman and CEO.
Valley National will reinvent itself as Vast Bank over the next few months. The move is part of an effort to attract younger customers.
A spike in charge-offs in the prior quarter stoked concerns about commercial real estate exposure.
