Growth strategies

First Florida Credit Union is touting a banner year in 2016 and says plans are underway for an even better 2017.

After sponsoring the Poinsettia Bowl for 12 years, SDCCU will hang its name on bowl game with four decades of history.

Koger Propst was also named CEO of the company's $2.6 billion-asset ANB Bank.

Investar will pay $46 million in cash for Citizens, which has three branches and $246 million in assets.

Joseph Greco previously served as CEO of Southern Connecticut Bancorp, which sold itself to Liberty Bank in 2013.

Premier Asset Management will add $550 million of assets under management to a platform that First Midwest has historically built with organic growth.

The agreement comes three months after Astoria and New York Community Bancorp called off plans to merge.

Consulting firm’s aim is to proactively connect credit unions with consumers.

Merger effective March 1 after 90% of Martin FCU's membership voted in favor of the move.

Iberiabank is making the biggest deal in its history in Miami, an area known for boom-bust cycles and a condo market that stung banks during the crisis.