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Experian will now offer FICO credit scores through its direct-to-consumer products, the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based credit bureau announced today.

LCNB Corp. in Lebanon, Ohio, has agreed to buy BNB Bancorp in Brookville, Ohio.

Jack Kopnisky of Sterling Bancorp in New York, which completed a major acquisition last year and has another in the works, is close to reaching his goal of creating a top earner. That effort, and the risks associated with it, make Kopnisky one of American Banker’s five community bankers to watch in 2015.

Investors who backed Broadway Financial's 2013 recapitalization are cashing out.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Empower FCU here has awarded a $2.5 million "giveback" to members in bonus dividends and interest rates in celebration of another successful year.

A judge has named Deerwood Bank winner of the bankruptcy auction for American Bank of St. Paul, in the first test of involuntary bankruptcy as a means of resolving trust-preferred debt.

Andrew Samuel left Susquehanna Bancshares, where he was in line to become CEO, to run the tiny Sunshine Bancorp in Florida. While Susquehanna recently agreed to sell itself to BB&T, Samuel has been working furiously to hire and expand at his new employer.

Westbury Bancorp in West Bend, Wis., named a new president for the company and its bank subsidiary.

The subsidiary of Chemung Financial in Elmira, N.Y., has sold its equity securities portfolio.

Dan Rollins' ability to have a BSA-related consent order removed and get two acquisitions back on track could embolden more big community banks to pursue deals next year.

A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of PNA Bank in Chicago.

Fairmount Bancorp in Baltimore seems poised to face a proxy battle next year from activist investor Joseph Stilwell.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA announced Tuesday it has approved a charter to Lutheran Federal Credit Union, making it the third new federally chartered CU of this year.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA has filed suit against another big banking company over mortgage-backed securities.

Kearny Financial in Fairfield, N.J., has withdrawn its application for a mutual-to-stock conversion.

BofI Holding in San Diego has agreed to buy $125 million in deposit accounts from a unit of First Marblehead.

Doral Bank's San Juan headquarters was raided by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a search for evidence related to "several ongoing investigations," a spokesman for the agency said.

Citizens National in Paintsville, Ky., has acquired Peoples Security Bancorp in Louisa, Ky.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Monday it has approved the merger of the Federal Home Loan banks of Des Moines and Seattle, giving approval to the first voluntary combination in the history of the system.

First Guaranty Bancshares had hoped to raise more than $60 million but a dip in oil prices spooked potential investors even though just 3% of the bank's loans involve energy companies.