Corporate governance

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The New Jersey company will pay $63 million for the parent of Victory State Bank.

The Louisiana company sold $30 million in stock to help fund its purchase of Cheaha Financial Group.

Following a merger earlier this fall, McCone County FCU has unveiled its new name.

Members of Southwest Colorado Federal Credit Union in Durango have approved a deal that will see the $55 million-asset shop merge into Credit Union of Colorado.

The upstate New York company will gain branches in Rochester as part of its $35 million purchase of FSB Bancorp.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

Five years after rebranding as a growth strategy, small Turbine FCU has been approved to merge into Durham, N.C.-based Self-Help Credit Union.

The Tennessee company said Rob Garcia will be in charge of building a commercial banking team in the city.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.

Charles Peck, the head of public finance, is temporarily joining the leadership of the public affairs team.

A dearth of bigger acquirers will likely force more banks with less than $2 billion in assets ⁠to seek out their own deals.

The New Jersey company paid $336 million for all stock owned by Blue Harbour Group.

The credit union service organization has returned more than $20 million to member-owner institutions each year since at least 2016.

Bangor will pay $35 million in cash to gain branches in five communities.

Wichita Falls Bancshares will gain four branches when it buys Chico Bancorp.