Growth strategies

First Community Bankshares will buy Highlands Bankshares for $91 million.

The Texas-based institution will work alongside CU Financial Group to provide insurance solutions for members

A proposed combination of First Defiance and United Financial is designed to create an Ohio company that can better weather shocks from lower rates and economic uncertainty.

The deal between First Defiance and United Community would create a $6 billion-asset bank.

Despite state charters' best gains in four years, their ranks continue to shrink at a pace nearly equal to that of federal charters.

Both banks focus on the Chinese-American community.

The Baltimore company will pay $31 million for MB Bancorp.

The industry has taken some steps to lower barriers to affordable housing, but some observers say that more can be done.

With legal questions still lingering, the regulator said it will begin accepting applications from credit unions looking to take advantage of its revised field of membership rule but did not specify when it would take action on those submissions.

Intense competition for deposits and a growing need for scale are spurring more New Jersey banks to seek out buyers.