Calling the move "depressing," Chairman Ken LaRoe said the decision to stop working with medical marijuana firms came after certain investors objected. Recent moves by the federal government cemented the call.
United will pay $130 million for NLFC Holdings, the parent company of Navitas Credit.
Rita Lowman recently joined the bank from C1 Financial, where she had been chief operating officer.
The planned purchase of Home BanCorp will nearly double the size of First Citizens' branch network in the Sunshine State.
The company, which had recently expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved, agreed last month to buy a bank in Florida.
The deal includes roughly 120 client relationships. Employees in CenterState's trust department will join Cypress Trust.
The $32 million purchase of Sunshine Financial will provide First Bancshares with its first branches in Tallahassee, Fla.
The expected refund is tied to loans that investors bought when they acquired the failed BankUnited in 2009.
The $528 million acquisition ends months of speculation that the foreign-owned banks were pursuing a deal.
FCB will pay $88 million in cash and stock for Floridian in a deal that will boost its operations near Miami.
