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Premara Financial in Charlotte, N.C., has a new chief executive.

TowneBank in Hampton Roads, Va., reported a lower quarterly profit due to higher costs tied to its recent acquisitions.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., has hired the wealth management team of Denver Retirement Partners.

Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., has lowered its fourth-quarter profit due to an adjustment to the its provision for income taxes.

Peoples Community National Bank in Bremen, Ga., has changed its name and logo.

Terry Robinson, a longtime California banker, died on Jan. 11, three days before his Manhattan Bancorp announced a proposed merger with Plaza Bancorp. Manhattan, which is operating under an OCC order, did not publicly disclose Robinson's death, or his Dec. 31 retirement, even though he played an integral role negotiating the merger.

SALT LAKE CITY — The "Credit Union Difference" is on display in Times Square thanks to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, which is running an enormous electronic billboard there to thank Credit Unions for Kids and COO-OP Financial Services for all they do to benefit kids.

MADISON, Wis. — The World Council of CUs is now accepting scholarship applications for young professionals to attend the 2016 World CU Conference in Ireland.

Biloxi, Miss. — Keesler Federal Credit Union here announced it has paid out a loan interest rebate and deposit bonus dividend of about $3.4 million to its members.

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is merging its two banks.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has received regulatory approval to form a broker-dealer subsidiary that will expand its merchant banking capabilities.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has received regulatory approval to buy Citigroup's remaining branches in Texas.

CertusBank in Greenville, S.C., lost nearly $70 million last year.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has agreed to sell a total of 17 branches in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio to First Mid-Illinois Bancshares and MainSource Financial Group.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has withdrawn its agreement to buy Mackinac Savings Bank in Boynton Beach, Fla., and may instead try to open a credit union.

Investors Bancorp in Short Hills, N.J., reported higher quarterly income thanks to a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.

National Bank Holdings in Greenwood Village, Colo., has finally returned to the acquisition game, by agreeing to buy Pine River Bank in Bayfield, Colo.

Great Western Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D., reported lower profit in its first quarter since completing its initial public offering.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., reported a quarterly loss as it racked up higher expenses to resolving anti-money laundering issues.

Community & Southern Holdings in Atlanta has agreed to buy Community Business Bank in Cumming, Ga.