Paul Davis

The companies said the merger will provide scale and help them update technology more efficiently.

The bank will buy First State Bank of Mobeetie.

The New Jersey company will pay $284 million for Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding.

The company will pay $13 million for the parent of Western Bank of Wolf Point.

Consolidation heated up in recent weeks after a tepid start this year. Here is an overview of noteworthy deals announced in June and July.

The company will pay $43 million in cash for a bank with seven branches and $209 million in deposits.

The Arkansas company will pay $434 million for Landrum Co., which also has branches in Oklahoma and Texas.

The Louisiana company will pay $15 million in cash for Bank of York.

To combat the notion that regional banks’ tech offerings are inferior, the combined BB&T-SunTrust will have to go “toe-to-toe” with big banks, BB&T chief Kelly King said ahead of shareholder approval of the deal Tuesday.

First Financial Banc will gain nearly $300 million in liquidity when it acquires First National Corp. of Wynne.

The company will also gain deposits and loans from its deal with Republic Bancorp.

The company agreed to buy the parent of Countryside Bank for $90.5 million.

The Wisconsin regional agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank in Staunton for $76 million in cash.

The Washington company will have more than $1 billion in assets in Southern California when the $87 million deal closes.

The $64 million acquisition is the first for Investors since it was freed from a regulatory order tied to Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

WesBanco, which is based in West Virginia, will have more than $15 billion in assets when it completes the acquisition.

The former mutual, which had faced pressure from an activist investor, agreed to be sold to Corporate America Family Credit Union.

The South Dakota company warned that it will charge off millions of dollars in loans to dairy and cattle farmers.

The Cleveland regional said the matter is tied to a commercial client and that law enforcement is investigating it.

The Connecticut company will add heft in its home state and Massachusetts when it buys the former mutual.