Growth strategies

The Mississippi company will pay more than $38 million for Texas First Bancshares.

Wolverton has been accumulating responsibility and influence at Synovus in recent years and is the highest ranking woman at the company.

At this year's Inclusiv conference in Los Angeles, leaders from CDCUs across the country offered their thoughts on what could most benefit their institutions.

One-third of surveyed credit unions are looking to partner with a bank, while another third are looking for larger merger partners.

The company will gain 34 branches and $1.2 billion in assets when it buys State Capital in Mississippi.

The company will buy TB&T Bancshares, which operates branches near Texas A&M University.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $31 million for a bank with $269 million in assets.

The California company said it has no timeline for Russell Colombo's expected retirement.

Nearly a tenth of the industry’s deals this year were connected to the state, which boasts a good number of sought-after small banks.

The company will pay $42 million in cash for the parent of Main Street Bank in southeastern Michigan.