Ohio

Employee benefits initiative is offered by Corporate Central CU.

The company said that Dennis Shaffer, its president, will succeed James Miller at the end of this year.

First Financial in Ohio is buying MainSource in Indiana — with a twist. MainSource's leader will become CEO.

The company agreed to buy MainSource Financial in Indiana for $1 billion, creating a Midwestern bank that will have more than 200 branches and $13 billion in assets.

The Ohio company also reported that credit quality metrics remain well within its targeted range.

The Cleveland company, once criticized for an initial six-year forecast, now believes it will only take four years to rebuild its tangible book value.

KeyCorp also recorded a gain after buying the remaining ownership interest in a merchant services joint venture.

Community One CU and Canton Police & Firemen's -- both located in Canton, Ohio -- will merge at the end of June.

Privately insured credit unions will officially have equal access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system under new final rule.

Stilwell Group, which has been pressuring the Ohio company to sell itself, fell 36,000 votes shy of taking a board seat.

Belpre Savings Bank and Doolin Security Savings Bank are planning to create a mutual with nearly $100 million in assets.

The Cincinnati bank's profit-improvement plan is as detailed as it gets, but there is an argument to be made it is heavy on metrics and light on vision.

The Ohio company said it is retaining more FirstMerit deposit accounts than it had projected. At the same time, Huntington is moving forward with cost-cutting tied to the acquisition.

Opus Bank has added Paul Greig, who was CEO of FirstMerit until its sale in July, as a director.

Farmers National will pay about $7.8 million in cash and stock for the $43.3 million-asset Monitor in a deal that should close in the second or third quarter.

The mutual's conversion could bring in up to $22.5 million in proceeds.

Fifth Third, which is currently barred from buying banks, has announced a pair of nonbank deals in recent months.

Real estate loans have been growing over the last few years despite a number of headwinds, but can CUs build on that trend as interest rates rise?

If underwriting standards at other lenders begin to fall, how will CUs respond?

Acquisition pushes quarterly revenues past $1 billion for first time ever.