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Columbia Financial will sell about 43% of its stock in a public offering that could raise up to $493 million.

The U.S. is taking steps to stamp out the practice of servicemembers and veterans being pressured into taking mortgages they don't need, a move that officials say will lower consumer costs and could lead to financial penalties for lenders.

The $32 million purchase of Sunshine Financial will provide First Bancshares with its first branches in Tallahassee, Fla.

The company agreed to buy TCSB Bancorp, the parent of Traverse City State Bank, for $63 million.

Testing of the common securitization platform is taking longer than expected, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency said it won't delay the 2019 launch of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's new single "uniform mortgage-backed security."

Introducing limits on federally guaranteed loans to graduate students, instead of letting them borrow whatever schools charge, would create a multibillion-dollar opportunity for private lenders.

Integrity is set to become the third Houston-area bank acquired by Independent in recent years.

FCB will pay $88 million in cash and stock for Floridian in a deal that will boost its operations near Miami.

The company agreed to pay $169 million for First Evanston Bancorp in Illinois.

Tennessee-based CU has returned $71.5 million over the last 13 years.