Paul Davis

The bank will top $500 million in assets after it acquires F&M Bancshares.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $80 million for the parent of USNY Bank.

Clients will have an active role in testing new products and services at the regional giant formed by the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, says Chairman and CEO Kelly King.

The company will pay $29 million for a bank located northwest of Grand Rapids.

Though there were several high-profile mergers of equals among bigger banks, deal activity rose only slightly, and the vast majority of transactions involved the smallest of institutions. Here's an overview of those trends and others that stood out in bank dealmaking last year.

Organizers of TYME Bank aim to take advantage of consolidation taking place around Texas.

Steuben Trust received two bites from potential MOE partners, but the New York bank’s lightly traded stock and many other challenges forced a sale to a much larger rival instead.

Organizers of Bank of St. George still need to raise $18 million before opening.

One found a buyer, another announced plans to retire, and others took steps to reinvent their banks.

The New Jersey company will pay $63 million for the parent of Victory State Bank.

The Louisiana company sold $30 million in stock to help fund its purchase of Cheaha Financial Group.

The company plans to sell more mortgages in the first quarter, which would bring its loan-to-deposit ratio below 100%.

The upstate New York company will gain branches in Rochester as part of its $35 million purchase of FSB Bancorp.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.

Bangor will pay $35 million in cash to gain branches in five communities.

Wichita Falls Bancshares will gain four branches when it buys Chico Bancorp.