Paul Davis

Popular Inc. (BPOP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has received regulatory approval to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania in Souderton has agreed to buy Valley Green Bank in Mount Airy, Pa.

Harwood Feffer promised to investigate claims against First Citizens Banc Corp in Ohio for agreeing to sell itself. The problem? The law firm should have been targeting First Citizens Bancorp. in South Carolina.

Metro Bancorp (METR) in Harrisburg, Pa., is facing pressure from an investor to sell itself.

Share of The Bancorp (TBBK) plummeted a day after the Wilmington, Del., company disclosed that it had been hit with a consent order tied to the Bank Secrecy Act.

The North Carolina company will pay more than $637 million for First Citizens Bancorp., a South Carolina bank. Both companies are majority owned by the Holding family.

The $1 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it sold Tri-State General Insurance Agency to an unnamed buyer for $2.9 million.

Bank of America (BAC) has agreed to sell 17 branches in North Carolina and Virginia with a total of $944 million in deposits to First Community Bank in Bluefield, Va., and HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI) in Asheville, N.C.

Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) in Bethesda, Md., has agreed to buy Virginia Heritage Bank (VGBK) in Tysons Corner, Va.

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp's agreement to buy Alpena Banking is a lesson in persistence and keeping communication lines open.

Big banks can afford mega-settlements to solve their woes, but First Horizon National in Tennessee has to fix itself the old-fashioned way: slow cleaning up of its mortgage mess, opportunistic acquisitions, opening loans offices … and, oh yes, begging investors for a few more years of patience.

BNC Bancorp (BNCN) in High Point, N.C., has agreed to buy Harbor Bank Group in Charleston, S.C.

It's rare that a regulatory filing would quote the song "Livin' La Vida Loca," but that's just what some Doral investors say the Puerto Rican government is doing in its refusal to restore $230 million of the bank's tax payments.

National Penn Bancshares (NPBC) in Allentown, Pa., has agreed to buy TF Financial (THRD) in Newtown, Pa. The $8.6 billion-asset National Penn will pay $138 million in cash and stock for the $846 million-asset TF Financial.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., has agreed to buy LSB Financial (LSBI) in Lafayette, Ind. The $9.6 billion-asset Old National will pay about $67 million, or $41.67 a share, in cash and stock for the $366 million-asset LSB.

Independent Bank Group (IBTX) in McKinney, Texas, plans to file a shelf registration that would allow it to sell up to $250 million in debt and equity securities.

Bank of the Carolinas (BCAR) in Mocksville, N.C., has significantly increased its number of authorized shares at it looks to meet capital requirements tied to a regulatory order.

CU Bancorp (CUNB) in Encino, Calif., has agreed to buy 1st Enterprise Bank (FENB) in Los Angeles.

Independent Bank Group (IBTX) in McKinney, Texas, has agreed to buy Houston City Bancshares.

First BanCorp (FBP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has resolved a large outstanding loan to Doral Financial (DRL) by taking on $242 million on mortgages that were used as collateral for the loan.