First Citizens, which wants to buy KS Bancorp, has filed a lawsuit to challenge a so-called poison pill provision that the much smaller bank's board recently passed.
Superior Choice Credit Union in Superior, Wis., will purchase Dairyland State Bank. It is the second deal announced this year where a credit union plans to buy a bank.
Associated Banc-Corp has agreed to buy an insurance broker in Milwaukee after unveiling agreements to buy a community bank last summer and a Chicagoland wealth management firm in the fall.
The Chicago institution, formed in 2010 to buy the failed ShoreBank, has hired Sandler O'Neill to gauge interest from potential buyers, according to a published report.
Popular will acquire $1.5 billion in auto loans amid questions about the potential for loan losses following Hurricane Maria. The deal also coincides with Wells Fargo's need to stay inside a growth cap imposed by regulators.
