Investar Holding said it no longer plans to buy Cheaha Financial in Alabama.
Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio will have assets of $1.5 billion when it absorbs two affiliated banking companies in nearby cities.
Bank consolidation has been stagnant since the pandemic hit, and the outlook for the rest of the year is bleak.
Eric Luse, who co-founded the Luse Gorman law firm, helped Community Bank Shares of Indiana create the first MHC in the early 1990s.
Arbor Bancorp and FNBH Bancorp said the pandemic had created uncertainty about the regulatory process for securing approval for the deal.
The companies said the "meaningful impacts" of the coronavirus pandemic led them to terminate the $2.7 billion deal.
Mastercard has agreed to acquire Finicity for a reported price of $825 million, a move the card brand says will strengthen its open banking platform and expand financial services through more real-time access to data.
John Corbett says building scale, lowering costs and strengthening technology offerings have become more critical for banks to stay competitive.
Kennebec Savings Bank will have $1.3 billion in assets after it absorbs Kennebec Federal Savings and Loan Association of Waterville.
Delmarva Bancshares, which was on the brink of failure during the financial crisis, will be sold to BV Financial for $54 million.
