Paul Davis

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.

The $374 million Lizton said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $12.5 million, or $7.25 a share, in cash for the $66.5 million-asset Indiana Business Bancorp.

Stonegate Bank in Pompano Beach, Fla., has agreed to buy Regent Bancorp in Davie, Fla.

Bankers blamed regulators' new methodologies for rating certain energy loans – and a new two-stage shared national credit review process – for an increase in downgrades and loan-loss provisions. Regulators reportedly are reacting to an increase in second liens tied to exploration and production companies.

The biggest investor in Middleburg Financial plans to withhold support for the company's director nominees.

Delaware Bancshares in New York thought it was set to grow and diversify after buying six Bank of America branches. Instead, the deal led to the company selling itself.

South State in Columbia, S.C., is planning to close 11 branches over the rest of this year.

Some are looking at buying banks or counting on recently announced acquisitions to diversify revenue streams. Others are investing in fee-based businesses and new technologies and all, of course, are trying to keep a lid on expenses.

High Point Bank considered bulking up to the size of other community banks in its market but quickly realized that the strategy would involve significant expense, risk and capital. So the company ended up selling to BNC Bancorp.

Wider margins and expense control boosted quarterly profits at BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont., has agreed to buy Treasure State Bank in Missoula, Mont., for $12.9 million in cash and stock