Tennessee

HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., will close six branches in North Carolina and Tennessee.

First Horizon National in Memphis, Tenn., returned to profitability after reporting a staggering first-quarter loss tied to a mortgage settlement.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has added the president of a Knoxville, Tenn., accounting firm to its board.

SmartFinancial in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., has hired a chief experience and strategy officer, ahead of its planned acquisition of Cornerstone Bancshares in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Atlantic Capital Bancshares in Atlanta has increased the portion of its common stock to be used in its pending $160 million acquisition of First Security Group in Chattanooga, Tenn.

A Tennessee community bank investor has acquired a majority stake in AB&T Financial in Gastonia, N.C.

Triumph Bancshares in Memphis says it has been mistakenly contacted by customers of Triumph Bancorp in Dallas, and has concluded that the Triumph moniker isn't big enough for both institutions. It's hoping a lawsuit will force the Texas bank to change its name.

First Farmers and Merchants Bank in Columbia, Tenn., has hired a former Regions Financial banker to run its wealth management operations.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — CU Insurance Services of Tennessee, LLC, opened for business just two months after the joint venture was announced.

FirstBank in Lexington, Tenn., has agreed to buy Northwest Georgia Bank in Ringgold.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to buy Magna Bank in Memphis, Tenn.

The banking company is the latest to flirt with a threshold that promises added regulatory burden. But a pause from more acquisitions should also give management a chance to brush up on deal integration before making an even larger acquisition.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., reported higher first-quarter profit on strong lending results.

First Horizon National in Memphis, Tenn., swung to a first-quarter loss after it paid $212.5 million to settle an investigation into its pre-crisis mortgage dealings.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville has agreed to buy CapitalMark Bank & Trust in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Atlantic Capital Bancshares in Atlanta has agreed to buy First Security Group in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McKenzie Banking in McKenzie, Tenn., has agreed to buy Farmers Bank in Woodland Mills, Tenn.

The $6 billion-asset Pinnacle said in a press release Wednesday that it paid $75 million for a 30% stake in Bankers Healthcare Group in Southwest Ranches, Fla.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Johnson City FCU here has a new name, reflecting its expansion from serving members in just one county in Tennessee to seven counties throughout the Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia region.

First Horizon successfully lobbied for a lower exchange ratio for its purchase of TrustAtlantic in North Carolina after four commercial lenders left the seller to open an office for another bank.