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Colony Bankcorp in Fitzgerald, Ga., has redeemed $3.6 million in perpetual preferred stock associated with the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

TIAA will promote one of its own to chair its expanded bank after it buys EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla.

Pacific Continental in Eugene, Ore., has appointed two former directors of a bank it bought to its own board.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has made Brad Ringwald its president of community banking; named Paul Silva the president of investment commercial real estate; tapped Rick Dennen to oversee the company's national lending businesses; and said Roddell McCullough, director of community development, will take on more responsibility helping determine the strategy for that area.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., has formed a renewable energy lending division.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calf., has given more responsibilities to its head of capital markets.

BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., has hired Kyle Gilliam as president of its equipment finance and leasing division.

Meta Financial Group in Sioux Falls, S.D., has promoted Cynthia Smith, its head of technology and operations, to chief operating officer.

AltaPacific Bancorp in Santa Rosa, Calif., has agreed to buy Commerce Bank of Temecula Valley in Murrieta, Calif.

The $29 billion-asset company said in a regulatory filing Thursday that the "needs to improve" rating will likely restrict its ability to make acquisitions and open branches.

Scott Conway's resignation from the $292 million-asset bank took effect Aug. 29, according to a regulatory filing issued on Thursday by the bank's holding company, Farmers Capital Bank Corp. in Frankfort, Ky.

Suncrest Bank in Visalia, Calif., has agreed to buy Security First Bank in Fresno for $18 million in cash and stock.

CommunityOne Bancorp in Charlotte, N.C., has scheduled its annual meeting as it waits for regulators to sign off on its sale to Capital Bank Financial in Coral Gables, Fla.

United Roosevelt Savings Bank in Carteret, N.J., has agreed to buy Wawel Financial Services in Garfield, N.J.

The chief financial officer of Green Bancorp will leave the Houston company in October, although he will maintain ties to it.

Coastal Banking Co. in Beaufort, S.C., promoted Charles Wagner to president and hired Thomas Flournoy to be its new chief financial officer.

Plenty of banks have ended their federal loss-share deals early, but despite the incentives to wind them down, plenty more still have these crisis-era arrangements in place. It may be due to varying deadlines, mistakes calculating loan values or worries that they still might need the coverage for home equity lines.

A breakdown in internal controls at Bank of Princeton almost killed a deal to sell the company to Investors Bancorp.

National Commerce in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to buy Private Bancshares in Atlanta.

Marlin Business Services in Mt. Laurel, N.J., has partnered with electronics manufacturer JVCKenwood USA to provide financing plans for its customers.