Oklahoma

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., has named its new chief credit officer.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., has hired the wealth management team of Denver Retirement Partners.

Potential buyers have long been wary of high premiums and the potential for volatility in the energy sector. A harsh correction in oil prices and Texas bank pricing has suddenly given those banks a chance to revisit their views.

OKLAHOMA CITY — FAA Credit Union's board has voted to provide year-end rebates and bonuses for the fourteenth consecutive year to its membership.

Ironhorse Financial Group in Muskogee, Okla., has agreed to acquire Benefit Financial Group in Fort Smith, Ark.

Citizens Security Bank in Bixby, Okla., will change its name in March to Mabrey Bank, taking on the last name of the family that owns and manages the bank.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., will close or relocate all of its branches inside grocery stores in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in a move it says will reduce overhead by $7 million to $8 million a year.

First United Bank in Durant, Okla., has agreed to acquire First American Bank in Purcell, Okla.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., reported quarterly earnings that held steady as higher fee revenues offset rising operating expenses.

Loan growth, bigger trading gains, and additional interest income from a first-quarter acquisition helped BancFirst in Oklahoma City beat third-quarter earnings estimates.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The $562 million FAA Credit Union became the first CU in Oklahoma to receive the Cornerstone Credit Union League's "Juntos Avanzamos" or "Together We Advance" designation for its "dedicated service" to the Hispanic community.

Tighter margins held back BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., last quarter. The $28 billion-asset company reported a profit of $76.7 million, down 4% from the same period last year.

WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday closed Freedom State Bank, in Freedom, Okla., the 12th institution to fail this year.

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City said Thursday that it will purchase Steele Street Bank & Trust in Denver, Colo.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Tinker FCU member was rescued from kidnappers Saturday by an off-duty police officer who was working security at the credit union.

LAWTON, Okla. — An armed robber discharged his weapon inside a Southwest Oklahoma FCU office here Monday, and that ended up costing the crook some money.

MOORE, Okla. — One year after a devastating EF-5 tornado leveled this town and destroyed the Tinker FCU branch here, employees who survived that day — riding out the storm in the CU's vault — are back at work.

UMB Financial (UMBF) in Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to buy the corporate trust business of RCB Bank in Claremore, Okla.

BOK Financial (BOKF) in Tulsa, Okla., reported lower net income as mortgage activity declined.

BOK Financial Corp. (BOKF) in Tulsa, Okla., has agreed to buy MBM Advisors, a wealth management firm based in Houston.