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Blue Hills Bancorp in Massachusetts completed a second-step conversion and was poised to bulk up on acquisitions. It struck its one and only deal this fall — and it was not the kind it had in mind.

The Mississippi bank will pay up to $100 million to expand in southwest Alabama and Dallas.

Organizers of Community Bank of the Carolinas in Winston-Salem have raised $13.6 million. The group has to bring in at least $25 million.

UBS Group sold tens of billions of dollars' worth of residential mortgage-backed securities by "knowingly and repeatedly" making false and fraudulent statements to investors about the loans backing those trusts, the U.S. Justice Department said in a civil suit filed Thursday.

The results won’t do much to stimulate loan growth but could still provide the boost that investors have been waiting for.

The Mississippi company will pay $86 million for seven branches with $318 million in deposits.

The Missouri company will pay $213 million for the largest bank in Los Alamos, N.M.

Orange County Bancorp has identified two neighboring counties for expansion.

The $45 million purchase will provide Peoples with eight branches and $244 million in deposits.

Orrstown will pay $59 million in cash and stock to gain seven branches and $409 million in deposits.