KS Bancorp is buying back all the shares that First Citizens acquired in an effort to take over the much smaller bank.
The Massachusetts bank agreed to buy Fabri & Rourke, which focuses on commercial insurance products.
The company agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank of Crossett for about $13 million.
Regulatory burden was the dominant theme of a roundtable discussion, but executives are also concerned about their ability to attract skilled workers and they have mixed feelings on how corporate tax cuts are affecting customers' decisions.
Bigger credit unions present a formidable challenge for banks in areas such as business lending.
RIchardson & Stout, which is based in western New York, is the 16th insurance business that Evans has bought or agreed to buy.
A need for risk-focused data aggregation and analytics tools is at the heart of IBM's latest acquisition for its bank consulting portfolio.
Beacon Community Bank, which opened in January, raised $34 million through a private placement.
State Bank popped up on the Houston company’s radar eight years ago, but management waited until now to strike.
The Houston company had been an interested, but selective, acquirer before announcing this year's biggest bank deal.
