Iberiabank is excited to add equipment finance and an SBA lending platform when it buys Old Florida Bancshares. The deal also gives the Louisiana company its first branches in Orlando.

Profits rose at Bridge Bancorp in Bridgehampton, N.Y., on strong loan growth. The $2.2 billion-asset reported net income of $4.9 million in the third quarter, up 56% from a year earlier.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas is looking to raise $123 million through an initial public offering.

Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (HVB), a New York City-area lender with about $3.2 billion in assets, is exploring a sale, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Iberiabank in Lafayette, La., has agreed to acquire Old Florida Bancshares in Orlando.

The company's $800 million goodwill impairment charge may reflect macroeconomic factors, but also likely resulted from a purchase of HSBC branches two years ago. Other banks are unlikely to face the exact same issues, observers said.

PlainsCapital Bank in Dallas said on Friday that it plans to close 11 branches in the Rio Grande Valley.

A Minnesota community bank has made an offer to buy American Bank of St. Paul in what would be the first time a bank was forced into a sale over unpaid trust-preferred debt.

First Waterloo Bancshares in Waterloo, Ill., has agreed to buy Prairie Financial Bancorp in Stewardson, Ill.

Sierra Bancorp in Porterville, Calif., has tapped an insider to succeed its retiring chief executive.

CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., reported a slight uptick in third-quarter earnings after loans and expenses increased from its acquisition of American Security Bank.

State Bank Financial in Atlanta more than doubled quarterly earnings on gains from acquisitions and noninterest income.

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., reported higher quarterly profits that featured lower costs.

Chemical Financial in Midland, Mich., reported a higher profit thanks to double-digit loan growth and credit-quality improvements.

United Financial Bancorp in Glastonbury, Conn., saw its profits surge in the first full quarter after merging with Rockville Financial.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Community Banc-Corp of Sheboygan in Wisconsin.

Flagstar Bank lost $27.6 million in the third quarter, driven by a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau penalty of $37.5 million, the Troy, Mich., lender said Wednesday.

Union First Market Bankshares in Richmond, Va., is seeing the benefits of its acquisition of StellarOne in Charlottesville, Va.

San Diego Private Bank has agreed to buy all the loans and deposits of First Security Business Bank in Orange, Calif.

New York banking regulator Benjamin Lawsky's latest crackdown on Ocwen Financial may undo Ocwen's deal to buy billions of dollars of mortgage-servicing rights from Wells Fargo, and it could complicate similar deals involving other banks and servicers.