Paul Davis

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.