Ohio

Park National in Newark, Ohio, will take a higher-than-expected provision for loan losses in the second quarter due to continued credit problems at its Florida banking subsidiary.

CSB Bancorp in Millersburg, Ohio, announced Friday that it is acquiring two branches in Wooster, Ohio, from Premier Bank & Trust.

Ohio's Liberty Savings Bank is exiting its home state and selling its 16 branches there to First Financial Bancorp of Cincinnati, tripling First Financial's footprint in Dayton.

Huntington National Bank is committing $2 billion to help jumpstart Michigan's sputtering economy.

First Place Financial Corp. in Warren, Ohio, is in danger of having its stock delisted for failing to file its last three quarterly financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A federal judge has ordered the repatriation of $2.3 million traced to last year's collapse of St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union from a Macedonian bank as authorities try to determine if the funds were among those siphoned from the onetime $240 million-asset credit union.

National Bank of Oak Harbor and Commodore Perry Federal Credit Union in Oak Harbor are providing low-interest loans to help spruce up downtown.

United Bancorp Inc. in Martins Ferry, Ohio, reported another profitable quarter despite higher credit costs. The $431.1 million-asset company posted a gain of $738,000 in the first quarter, compared with $683,000 a year earlier.

First Place Financial Corp. in Warren, Ohio, has deferred payments on its subordinated debt and preferred shares issued to the Treasury Department to save cash and comply with an enforcement action.

First Defiance Financial Corp. in Defiance, Ohio, has $19.6 million of fresh equity. The $2.04 billion-asset company said Tuesday that it sold 1.6 million shares, including 208,800 shares for over-allotments, at $13.25 a share.

Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union, a 15-year-old community development credit union in Ohio, is asking the public for a helping hand, an unusual request to keep the struggling credit union alive.

PVF Capital Corp. in Solon, Ohio, has retired a five-year-old debt that will save the company $2.5 million a year.

A technology subsidiary of the holding company Rurban Financial Corp. must improve its capital position and strengthen operational oversight under a consent order with the Federal Reserve Board.

On Friday, the $1.8 billion-asset company in Marietta, Ohio, said it had hired Charles W. Sulerzyski, a former regional president for KeyCorp's Great Lakes region, to serve as president and chief executive, effective April 4.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. of Marietta, Ohio, and Albina Community Bancorp in Portland, Ore., said their chief executives are leaving.

A pair of banking companies have extended their deadlines for rights offerings due to technical difficulties.

Several banks rushed to repay investments under the Troubled Asset Relief Program in December, but hundreds head into the new year desperate for an exit strategy, even if it means selling.

More companies are shuttering branches obtained in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-backed deals. In most cases, buyers took on branches in markets beyond their geographical scope, or came to a later realization that it would cost too much to maintain and compete for greater market share in single-branch markets.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati will close five branches obtained from failed-bank purchases.

Park National Corp. in Newark, Ohio, is adding $5 million of common equity to its war chest. The $7.1 billion-asset company said Wednesday that it had agreements with institutional investors to sell nearly 72,000 shares.