Florida

Rita Lowman recently joined the bank from C1 Financial, where she had been chief operating officer.

Trellance is designed to offer credit unions innovation on programs and services.

The planned purchase of Home BanCorp will nearly double the size of First Citizens' branch network in the Sunshine State.

The company, which had recently expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved, agreed last month to buy a bank in Florida.

The Florida-based credit union is one of several that have begun raising employees' entry-level pay as part of the nationwide push toward a living wage.

The deal includes roughly 120 client relationships. Employees in CenterState's trust department will join Cypress Trust.

The $32 million purchase of Sunshine Financial will provide First Bancshares with its first branches in Tallahassee, Fla.

The expected refund is tied to loans that investors bought when they acquired the failed BankUnited in 2009.

The $528 million acquisition ends months of speculation that the foreign-owned banks were pursuing a deal.

FCB will pay $88 million in cash and stock for Floridian in a deal that will boost its operations near Miami.

The company, which counts veteran banker Jay Sidhu among its investors, is selling to Ameris for $145 million in cash and stock.

Credit unions based in California, Michigan, Illinois and South Carolina have rejoined the CUSO’s fold.

The company, which recently bought Sabadell United in Miami, is pledging to make billions of dollars in mortgages and small business loans in low- and moderate-income communities.

Eight leagues/associations now are part of class action response to massive hack, with two leagues – representing CUs in Nebraska, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming – joining on Halloween.

Strong loan growth at the Miami Lakes, Fla., company more than offset an increased loan-loss provision tied to Hurricane Irma and continued weakness in taxi medallion lending.

A new partnership from two of the nation's largest CUSOs will give more credit unions the opportunity to use the Lending 360 loan origination system.

A planned spinoff, combined with several new ventures, should help BankMobile turn the corner, says Luvleen Sidhu, the digital-only bank's president.

The Louisiana company also set aside funds to cover efforts to settle litigation tied to its mortgage business.

You thought love triangles were complicated. The CEO of Sunshine Bancorp in Florida spoke with nine banks about buying the converted mutual while eyeing three possible acquisitions. The company sold to a buyer that bought another bank at the same time.

Mark Thompson had previously been a CenterState regional president overseeing the South Florida market.