Georgia

Buyers are scooping up many of the market's biggest banks, making it harder for others to gain scale.

The Florida company is also set to enter Alabama as part of the $360 million purchase.

The company agreed to buy Landmark Bancshare in Marietta, Ga., for $115 million.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

Peach State Federal Credit Union acquired a former branch of DOCO Credit Union after the latter made the decision to leave the Toccoa, Ga., market.

United Community Banks in Georgia tried hiring Lynn Harton in 2006, but he took another job. They kept in touch, and he's now poised to become the company's CEO.

Jimmy Tallent, who will become the Georgia company's executive chairman, will be succeeded by Lynn Harton.

Renasant is requiring Brand Group to sell $55 million in classified loans before closing the deal, while attaching an incentive for the seller to get as much as possible for those sales.

The Mississippi company will gain nearly $2 billion in loans after it buys Brand Group Holdings.

LGE Community Credit Union has a deal to acquire Georgia Heritage Bank. It's the fourth time this year a credit union has agreed to buy a bank.