Paul Davis

Green's sale follows a dedicated effort by its management team to purge its energy portfolio.

The $2.9 billion deal is the Georgia company's first traditional whole-bank acquisition since 2006. It is also the year's second-biggest bank acquisition.

First Green Bank in Florida had to stop holding deposits for licensed marijuana sellers as a condition of making a deal.

Vend Lease, which is based in Baltimore, focuses on suppliers and vendors in the hospitality industry.

While the regulatory environment is more accommodating for big deals, many regionals still have their reasons for staying on the sidelines.

A tempered forecast overshadowed solid second-quarter results at the North Carolina regional bank.

Anchor will be sold to FS Bancorp after agreeing to terminate a deal with Washington Federal. The original deal had been delayed as Washington Federal dealt with BSA issues.

P. Byron DeFoor, who already has majority stakes in two community banks, is planning to buy First Columbia Bancorp.

The New Jersey company will pay $76 million for a bank with a low loan-to-deposit ratio and an SBA lending platform.

The West Virginia company will pay a total of $118 million for Poage Bankshares and Farmers Deposit Bancorp.

Moxy Bank would focus on low- and moderate-income depositors in the nation's capital, while operating a lending platform in North Carolina.

The sale includes 160,000 accounts and more than $400 million in deposits.

VisionBank is the second de novo effort that would focus on the nation's capital.

The deal is designed to improve capital ratios and reduce risk at the Seattle company.

Union Bankshares in Virginia sold Shore Premier Finance, a business it inherited from a recent acquisition.

Holding multiple face-to-face meetings with executives from MB Financial helped Fifth Third land the Chicago company for a lower price than another suitor offered.

The company agreed to aquire United Bancorp. for $51 million.

Old National will have the fifth-biggest deposit market share in the city when it completes the $434 million acquisition.

The company will pay $48 million for four branches and $230 million in loans.

Ruoff Financial will make its first push into banking with the purchase of SBB Bancshares.