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Coconut Grove Bank in Miami has appointed Donald Putnam chief lending officer.

A unit of SunTrust (STI) in Atlanta has acquired an advisory firm that targets the oil and gas industry.

Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) in New Canaan, Conn., has agreed to buy Quinnipiac Bank & Trust in Hamden, Conn.

Peoples Financial Services in Scranton, Pa., will begin trading on the Nasdaq on April 2.

The president and chief executive of Town & Country Bank and Trust in Bardstown, Ky., is reportedly stepping down.

Aquesta Bank (AQFH) in Cornelius, N.C., has formed a holding company.

Diebold is partnering with the $5.5 billion-asset Suncoast CU to test an ATM that reuses consumer-deposited cash for future withdrawals. Tampa, Fla.-based Suncoast is the first financial institution in the U.S. to test the technology.

One of the two banks suing retailer Target and security vendor Trustwave in connection with the retailer's high-profile data breach has backed off.

Diebold is partnering with the $5.5 billion-asset Suncoast CU to test an ATM that reuses consumer-deposited cash for future withdrawals. Tampa, Fla.-based Suncoast is the first financial institution in the U.S. to test the technology.

Community banks are considering issuing their own credit cards as a way to protect their customer relationships and bring in fee income.

Farmers National (FMNB) in Canfield, Ohio, has finally reached a separation agreement with a chief executive it ousted six months earlier.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA issued its prohibition orders for the month of March on Monday, this time barring only one person from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution.

SAN FRANCISCO — SF Police Credit Union made it official for Eddie Young last week, announcing he is the new head of the $730 million institution. Young had been serving as acting president and CEO since September 2013.

Hudson Valley Holding (HVB) in Yonkers, N.Y., announced Friday that the chief administrative officer of its bank is leaving to take the helm of a New York trust.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued two consent orders and terminated 21 enforcement actions in February, according to its latest roundup of regulatory orders.

PITTSFIELD, Maine — Sebasticook Valley FCU is stepping in to help employees of the UTC Fire and Security plant here, which will be shutting down next year.

Golden Pacific Bancorp and financial technology firm Better Finance have teamed up to create an online lending program that is designed to sharply reduce the time it takes to approve and process an SBA loan.

The $3 billion-asset said in a press release Thursday that Matthew Lindenbaum, principal of Basswood Capital Management, had become a director.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee leaders said Friday they would hold a panel vote on April 29 to reform the housing finance system.

Cowboy State Bank in Ranchester, Wyo., has been freed from a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Board.