Paul Davis

Suffolk Bancorp in Riverhead, N.Y., has sold its wealth management business to a unit of Provident Financial Services in Jersey City, N.J.

Chemical Financial in Midland, Mich., has agreed to buy Monarch Community Bancorp in Coldwater, Mich.

Pacific Commerce Bank in Los Angeles has agreed to buy Vibra Bank in Chula Vista, Calif.

S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., has agreed to buy Integrity Bancshares in Camp Hill, Pa.

WesBanco in Wheeling, W.Va., has agreed to buy ESB Financial in Ellwood City, Pa.

Cheviot Financial in Cincinnati has agreed to add a director recommended by activist investor Seidman Group.

John Allison, the former chief executive of BB&T, has written another book, this time offering his free-market prescription for producing better leaders in America.

First Waterloo Bancshares in Waterloo, Ill., has agreed to buy Prairie Financial Bancorp in Stewardson, Ill.

First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, N.Y., reported a massive quarterly loss that had a number of large writedowns.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Community Banc-Corp of Sheboygan in Wisconsin.

San Diego Private Bank has agreed to buy all the loans and deposits of First Security Business Bank in Orange, Calif.

Pacific Premier Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy Independence Bank in Newport Beach, Calif.

First Horizon National in Memphis, Tenn., has agreed to buy TrustAtlantic Financial in Raleigh, N.C.

The Mississippi company withdrew two merger applications in August after the FDIC targeted its Bank Secrecy Act compliance. Management says it has made significant progress and is looking forward to a follow-up exam early next year.

ServisFirst Bancshares in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to buy Metro Bancshares in Atlanta.

Enterprise Financial wants to show that mortgages made to legal immigrants who have taxpayer ID numbers are actually safe credit risks, and it is testing the philosophy at a branch in Kansas City, Kan.

The $1.5 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that Kathryn Pemble had become its Florida market president.

Riverview Bancorp in Vancouver, Wash., is facing pressure from a large investor to sell itself.

The lackluster earnings season for regional banks continued. Executives at Fifth Third and BB&T shared concerns about margin shrinkage and other forces beyond their control, and they provided contrasts in expense control and management of interest rate uncertainty.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., reported higher quarterly earnings despite flat revenue.