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The $6.2 billion-asset First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) will close 10 branches to cut costs, according to a report.

Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), a mutual holding company in Avenel, N.J., is taking the final step in its conversion to a fully public company.

A unit of Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has completed its acquisition of First Shares in Platteville, Wis., for $10.9 million.

WASHINGTON — State regulators in Georgia closed the $125 million-asset Hometown Community Bank in Braselton late Friday, stretching the industry's failure toll this year to 50.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has finished its stock offering and second-step conversion to a stock-owned company.

First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) in Raleigh, N.C., postedlower third-quarter profit from the same period last yearafter recording a gain from an acquisition.

CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., announced Friday that co-founder John Borba would retire from its board on Nov. 30.

California Republic Bancorp (CRPB) in Newport Beach, Calif., has completed a securitization of nearly $183 million of prime indirect automobile loans.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin in Madison managed to push capital ratios at its thrift a bit closer to well-capitalized status during the third quarter, despite posting another loss.

Standard Bancshares in Hickory Hills, Ill., announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a set of definitive agreements with a consortium of private-equity investors for more than $130 million.

The Federal Reserve Board has ended a written agreement with Boscobel Bancorp that required the Wisconsin company to serve as a source of strength for its Community First Bank.

Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ) in Portland, Ore., is continuing to expand across California. The $11.5 billion-asset company said Monday that it plans to open a center in Templeton, Calif., in January to make loans to agricultural customers.

International Bancshares in Laredo, Texas, has redeemed another chunk of the money it received from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) in Kansas City, Mo., will issue a special dividend ahead of a potential increase in dividend tax rates.

A changing asset mix boosted third-quarter results at Sterling Bancorp (STL) in New York. The $2.5 billion-asset company's rose 23% from a year earlier, to $5.3 million.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will pay $42 million to settle a probe by Nevada's attorney general into its mortgage-purchase practices before the housing crisis.

Trustmark's company's earnings rose 2% from the second quarter and 9.5% from a year earlier, to $29.9 million. The Jackson, Miss., company said in a press release late Tuesday that higher revenue from insurance commissions and mortgages helped boost its bottom line.

Earnings at FirstMerit, the $14.6 billion-asset Akron, Ohio, bank rose 10%, to $34.9 million in the third quarter, compared with a year earlier, it reported Tuesday. Noninterest expense fell 6.4%, to $108.5 million, over the same period.

F.N.B. Corp. (FNB) in Hermitage, Pa., said late Monday it had agreed to buy Annapolis Bancorp (ANNB), which owns the Bank of Annapolis, for $51 million in stock.

First Defiance Financial (FDEF) in Defiance, Ohio, reported third-quarter income of $5.4 million, up 32% from a year earlier, as credit costs dissipated.