The company has agreed to buy Bay Bancorp for $129 million in stock.

The Indiana company's board knew what it wanted from a potential buyer, and that helped it as it negotiated one of this year's biggest bank deals.

The company, which agreed to buy Independence Bancshares, also brought in $25 million by selling common and preferred stock.

Star Harbor's former CEO will oversee operations at the same location, which is now a Financial Partners branch.

The sale of the $1.4 billion-asset Premium Assignment Corp. to IPFS is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

As Huntington's chief regulatory liaison, Helga Houston deserves much of the credit for the fact that the Fed approved the FirstMerit acquisition in just 185 days.

A "transformational" capital raise led by CEO Mary Ann Scully set the stage for Howard Bank's largest-ever acquisition.

Live Oak Bancshares is used to finding ways to make small-business loans, but its new M&A operation was formed after two bankers pitched the plan to Live Oak's management.

Electric Energy Inc Employees CU will become part of larger credit union.

Brookline will pay $56 million in cash and stock for First Commons in a deal that will add $324 million in assets.

Did hackers access the credit bureau's computers two months earlier than the company first thought?; the Fed's decision to start unwinding its balance sheet should raise rates and boost bank profits.

The Cincinnati bank says its investment unit is taking an equity stake in NRT Sightline to provide a wide range of banking and payments services to casino operators.

The Massachusetts company hired banking veteran Mark Thompson, who recently scrapped an effort to buy a struggling bank in Boston, as its bank president.

The new business will advise Live Oak clients on how to structure and finance acquisitions.

The cash acquisition allows First American to expand its operations in Kenosha, Wis.

The new institution will be the result of a merger between Newaygo County Service Employees CU and Rogue River Community CU.

The Dallas company has extinguished talk of a potential sale after aggressively cutting costs over the past year. But concerns about its future — including its ability to find new sources of revenue — remain.

Florida and Texas are normally major sources of mergers, but bankers in those states likely will take a break to assess damage from the hurricanes before returning to dealmaking.

The preparations underscore the trouble Chinese buyers face in persuading the panel that investigates foreign acquisitions to greenlight takeovers.

The Cincinnati company has agreed to acquire Epic Insurance Solutions in Louisville, Ky., as it continues to build out its fee-based lines of business.