Jacob Passy

Riverview Bancorp in Vancouver, Wash., has reached a truce with the activist investment firm Ancora Advisors.

Key Private Bank has named David Reynolds as its market sales leader for Cleveland.

Harvard Illinois Bancorp shareholders have approved an agreement to sell the company, a big step toward a plan to wind down operations.

F.N.B. has chosen a new market president for its home base in Pittsburgh.

Union Federal Savings & Loan Association and First Federal Savings & Loan Association, two mutuals in Kewanee, Ill., have agreed to merge.

Western Nebraska Bank in Curtis will buy a branch in Paxton, Neb., from Pony Express Community Bank.

OceanFirst Financial in Toms River, N.J., has agreed to buy a branch office in its hometown from Provident Financial Services.

Bank of the West in San Francisco has hired three development officers for Small Business Administration loans.

The cloud computing company Salesforce has introduced Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, a series of applications written for financial services firms. The first application in the series is designed to facilitate the relationships between financial advisers and their clients.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, has reached an agreement with Paychex to provide payroll-processing services.