Paul Davis

The $1.6 billion-asset Bar Harbor said in a press release Thursday that it will pay $143 million, or $17 a share, in stock for the $1.6 billion-asset Lake Sunapee.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., is the latest company to terminate its loss-share arrangements with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Investors Bancorp in Short Hills, N.J., has agreed to buy Bank of Princeton in Princeton, N.J.

The $1.2 billion-asset Revere said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $65.1 million in stock for the $514 million-asset Monument.

The $8.6 billion-asset WesBanco said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $221 million, or $39.05 a share, in cash and stock for the $1.6 billion-asset Your Community Bankshares.

First National Bank of Santa Fe in New Mexico has sold its insurance business, First Santa Fe Insurance Services, to Hub International, a brokerage based in Chicago.

Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Collinsville in Illinois is planning to raise at least $7.5 million as part of its conversion from a mutual to a stock-owned company.

Lola Hart, who oversaw the liquidation of the controversial CertusBank in South Carolina, has been hired as the chief accounting officer of Entegra Financial in Franklin, N.C.

Corsair Capital has sold its entire stake in United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga.

The $3.6 billion-asset Mechanics said in a press release last week that it will pay $37.19 a share for the $1.8 billion-asset California Republic.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., will exit the insurance business after selling those operations to Prime Risk Partners.

Pacific Premier Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., is planning to close three California branches.

A group of employees recently formed an organization designed to help the North Carolina company increase its appeal with Asian workers and customers.

Central Valley Community Bancorp in Fresno, Calif., has agreed to buy the $156 million-asset Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., for $24 million, or $5.22 a share, in cash and stock.

Green Bancorp in Houston says it has developed a strategic plan to eliminate its energy loan exposure.

RALEIGH, N.C. --Coastal Federal Credit Union in, has bought the naming rights to a major concert venue in its headquarters city here.

Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis., has agreed to buy Capital Bank in St. Paul, Minn., from First Sleepy Eye Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Bank of America executives plan to keep investing in technology and selectively expanding its branch presence, but it is urging increasingly restless shareholders to be patient so that it can grow gradually and avoid the pitfalls of banking's recent past.

Pacific Continental in Eugene, Ore., has agreed to buy Foundation Bancorp in Bellevue, Wash.

Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., has agreed to buy Prime Pacific Financial Services in Lynwood, Wash.