Georgia

Regional and community banks are eager to buy branches and hire top performers from the merging companies.

The industry's largest acquisition in more than a decade will create the sixth-biggest bank in the country, with assets of more than $442 billion.

The company will gain four branches in Athens, Ga., with the $52 million acquisition.

Georgia-based Augusta VAH Federal Credit Union is set to merge into South Carolina's SRP FCU.

The Georgia company will abstain from acquisitions this year as it looks to make internal improvements.

Visa is working with handbag designer Rebecca Minkoff to debut a global program to fuel networking among women business owners, while also connecting them to companies in the Visa ecosystem such as Square and Yelp.

Organizers are planning to raise up to $25 million for Tandem Bank.

Cadence has upped the exchange ratio by 10%, a move made necessary by the 40% decline in its stock price since the deal was announced in May.

The combination of CCF Holding, Heritage Bancorp. and Providence Bank will create a $1 billion-asset institution. Veteran bank investor Kenneth Lehman will be its chairman.

In the last two years, the Georgia-based institution has returned $25 million to members.