Ohio

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.

First Merchants in Muncie, Ind., has agreed to buy Arlington Bank in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Five federally insured, low-income credit unions earned certification as community development financial institutions

Profits at the Midwestern bank fell on lower adjusted noninterest income and loans and on a one-time item.

The $143 billion-asset company has agreed to buy the Retirement Corporation of America, an advisory firm based in Fifth Third’s headquarters city that focuses on the needs of retirees.

Wayne Savings Bancshares in Wooster, Ohio, is facing pressure to sell itself just weeks after its CEO resigned.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has a new chief legal officer.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has converted its banking unit from a national charter to a state charter.

The commercial-and-industrial loan space is overheated, higher rates could stifle mortgage refinancings, and subprime auto delinquencies are on the rise. Bankers could be fighting these fires and more in the new year.

Wayne Savings Bancshares in Wooster, Ohio, is looking for a new CEO.

Ohio Legacy in North Canton viewed FirstMerit’s sale to Huntington as a motivator find a buyer of its own. It turned to United Community, an institution it had talked to on two other occasions.