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Blue Gate Bank, which opened in January 2017, is being sold to Big Poppy Holdings.

Despite Tuesday's blip, many banks have seen double-digit gains in the months since the Dodd-Frank reform law was unveiled. There's good reason to think the run-up will continue.

Independent Bank had no intention of expanding outside Texas until it gained a few stray branches in a neighboring state.

Organizers of Scottsdale Community Bank plan to raise a minimum of $16 million.

The agreement was tied to the Puerto Rico company's 2010 purchase of the failed Westernbank.

A recent wave of high-premium acquisitions, paired with sweeping regulatory reform, is setting the stage for more large-scale M&A.

With the acquisition Timberland would add $187 million in assets in the Puget Sound area.

The Indiana company agreed to pay $101 million for the $586 million-asset First Security.

Independent's branch network in Denver will nearly triple after it completes the $1 billion acquisition.

MapleMark Bank, which was known as First National Bank of Edgewood when it was bought by an investment group last year, will use the funds to support commercial lending and private banking.