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Hancock, of Gulfport, Miss., is buying the larger New Orleans-based Whitney. Hancock would gain an entree into Texas and Louisiana and a bigger presence in Florida and Mississippi.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Mass., has agreed to pay $108 million for hometown rival Legacy Bancorp.

F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., announced Tuesday that longtime board member Peter Mortensen is retiring. The former chairman of the $9 billion-asset F.N.B. plans to leave when his term expires in May.

Shareholders at PremierWest Bancorp in Medford, Ore., have approved a reverse split of the company's stock, which could boost its share price.

Webster Financial Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to raise $156.6 million to help pay off its Troubled Asset Relief Program funding.

Anchor BanCorp in Madison, Wis., has regained compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements after its stock price rose in recent weeks.

Brandon Steele knows how to process crude oil, sew duffle bags and raise cattle. But being chairman of a community bank is a new one for this serial business owner.

Webster Financial Corp. in Waterbury, Conn.,is raising capital to pay off the balance of the Treasury Department's investment under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Central Pacific Financial Corp. in Honolulu said Monday that it renegotiated its stock conversion rate with the Treasury Department related to its $135 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.

Shareholders of First Niagara Financial Group Inc. and NewAlliance Bancshares Monday overwhelmingly approved their merger agreement despite strong disapproval from Connecticut officials.

Hudson City Bancorp Inc., one of the largest residential lenders in the mid-Atlantic area, on Friday pulled the plug on a plan to move to a commercial bank from a thrift holding company.

Encore Bancshares in Houston said Friday that it had received regulatory approval to sell certain operations in Florida to Ovation Holdings Inc.

Pinnacle Bankshares Corp. in Altavista, Va., said Friday that it is looking for a new president and chief executive. The $334.7 million-asset company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Robert H. Gilliam Jr. plans to retire from the company and its First National Bank unit "in a midyear 2011 time frame."

Shareholders of Capital Bank Corp. have approved the sale of a majority stake in the Raleigh, N.C., company to North American Financial Holdings Inc.

Steele Holdings Inc. said Friday that it had bought American State Bank in Arp, Texas. Steele, a private company based in Tyler, Texas, paid an undisclosed amount of cash for the $220.2 million-asset bank.

PAB Bankshares Inc. has announced that it received a prompt corrective action directive from the Federal Reserve due to the "significantly undercapitalized" status of its Park Avenue Bank.

It was another busy — and costly — night for regulators in the Southeast. Of the nation's six failures Friday — bringing the year's total to 157 — three were in Georgia and one was in Florida, continuing the onslaught the two states have suffered in the crisis.

Bloodied but unbowed, the Florida banking market is poised for a rebound, but only a handful of in-state banks have the capital to take advantage of one.

Tower Bancorp of Harrisburg, Pa., said it is looking to raise $44.5 million in capital less than a week after closing its long-delayed acquisition of First Chester County Corp.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has dropped plans to buy back common stock after its takeover of a failed bank.