Paul Davis

The company, based in Charleston, S.C., will buy Carolina Trust in western North Carolina for $100 million.

Ribbon-cuttings for de novos have become more common as regulators have warmed up to the idea of granting new charters. These are the banks that have opened this year, along with more that are on track to do so.

The $60 million acquisition will allow ACNB, which is based in Pennsylvania, to enter a new market.

The deal comes less than a week after the Louisiana company raised nearly $11 million.

The $550 million purchase will include a branch in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Valley, which had focused on Florida in recent years, will double its market share in Bergen County with the $740 million acquisition.

Ken Lehman recently bought a block of shares in Village Bank & Trust Financial.

The deal with Frandsen Financial is the 12th bank M&A transaction this year involving a seller in Wisconsin.

Shore Community Bank, which has five branches in Ocean County, will sell for $53 million.

Sterling Bancorp must enhance its BSA policies and hire an outside firm to review its account activity.

Independent Bank in Texas, the seller, gained the business after buying Guaranty Bancorp.

Community bankers want to cut the time it takes for customers to establish digital accounts to mere minutes, but it's hard to do that and make other improvements without increasing fraud risk.

Shareholders of both companies will meet separately next month to cast ballots on the $28 billion deal, and BB&T investors will also decide whether the new company should be called Truist Financial.

The deal, among the four biggest bank acquisitions announced this year, would make Prosperity the second-largest bank based in Texas.

The combined company will be known as Truist, which plays off “trust,” a word the banks’ original names had in common.

Founders Bank is the latest de novo effort that will target the nation's capital.

Columbia plans to incorporate certain aspects of Stewardship Financial's charitable giving into its own foundation.

The North Dakota company agreed to buy the $90 million-asset Prairie Mountain Bank.

DNB had been facing pressure from an activist investor to consider selling itself.

The company will pick up five branches as part of the $48 million deal.