Paul Davis

The companies had planned to make Chemical CEO David Provost the new leader before October's market gyrations led them to break off talks. When they revisited the deal, several things changed — including Provost's role.

Community banks are relying more on analytics, incentives and business partnerships in hopes of stemming an outflow of deposit relationships.

The North Carolina company was hit with a tax penalty tied to its purchase of Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia.

The Montana company agreed to buy Heritage Bancorp for $241 million.

The first quarter proved sluggish for overall merger activity. Here are notable deals announced in March.

The Illinois company will pay about $10 million, and redeem $23.5 million in trust-preferred stock, as part of the deal.

The company plans to sell its third-party origination channel to Renasant. It has also lined up a deal to sell its correspondent channel.

University Bancorp gained a number of offices from Huron Valley Financial. It also hired lenders and staff with experience in reverse mortgages and wholesale lending.

Paul, one of American Banker's Community Bankers of the Year in 2012, made Eagle a formidable Washington-area institution.

Christopher Becker will succeed Michael Vittorio in January.