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The Arkansas company will pay $170 million to buy Reliance Bancshares.

Efficiency gains also drove results at the Kansas City, Mo., company.

Shelley Siefert will also become the bank's president in May.

The Illinois company will become one of the area's top 10 banks after buying Bank of Edwardsville.

Michaels is a third-generation credit union CEO and was an early member of the Crasher group, known today as the Cooperative Trust.

The California-based credit union will convert to the Symitar EASE model of the Episys platform.

BluCurrent CU launched video banking in 2012 in the hope new technology would be cheaper long-term than additional staffing, and the credit union has seen strong growth as a result.

Fountain City Fintech, a program planned by NBKC Bank, would be one of the first fintech incubators formed by a community bank.

The company will gain 10 branches and $145 million in loans after it buys Gideon Bancshares.

The Virginia-based CU cited the need for greater automation to continue its growth.