Growth strategies

The company agreed to pay $18 million for Atlantic Bancshares in a deal that will increase its operations along South Carolina's coast.

The company will pay $186 million for First Bank Lubbock in a deal that also includes mortgage unit PrimeWest Mortgage.

The company will also gain branches in northern Alabama when it buys Tennessee Bancshares.

The Illinois-based CU has given back $10 million to members in the past 10 years.

Citizens Equity First Credit Union has paid out $230 million in diviends over the past 18 years.

A group has filed an application for form a bank in Birmingham, a city with a large pool of bankers and a steadily growing economy.

John Kimberly, who was CEO of a bank that CAB bought in 2014, is set to take the helm on Jan. 1.

The California company is set to pick up a dozen branches after it buys FNB for $315 million.

The $74 million acquisition will allow First Mid-Illinois to expands it operatations in the Champaign-Urbana region in Illinois.

OneUnited is trimming branches and expanding digital offerings as it builds its brand as a backer of social justice that develops innovative products such as a Black-Lives-Matter-themed debit card.