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Financial advisers have been retained to find a buyer for the Saint Paul-based lender, people familiar with the matter said. The sale of the bank has been a sore point for about five years.

DFCU Financial reached a deal to acquire Winter Park National Bank in the Orlando metropolitan area. It was a record 20th credit union-bank merger of the year.

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The Honolulu-based seller had faced pushback from an investor group that stepped in with a competing offer. But it ultimately secured enough votes to approve the sale to Hope Bancorp.

Consumer groups and banks are pushing for increased regulation on credit unions, aligning on concerns over tax exemptions, consumer protection standards, and the rising trend of credit union acquisitions of community banks.

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The buyer said it would pay $127 million in stock to acquire William Penn Bancorp in suburban Bristol, Pennsylvania.

The Honolulu-based banks were reportedly in advanced discussions. But the would-be buyer said "the parties are no longer currently engaged in discussions."

The $24 billion-asset bank fully integrated its acquisition of Lakeland Bancorp during the third quarter, and that milestone has positioned the bank for growth, executives said.

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The Honolulu-based seller, which plans a Nov. 6 shareholder vote on the deal, posted a third-quarter loss and reiterated its commitment to the Hope agreement. But an offer with a higher price from an investor group is also on the table.

The Bank of New York Mellon and Japan's Mizuho Bank entered an agreement to grant their corporate clients access to the other's international trade network; New York-based lender Kapitus acquired Ten Oaks Commercial Capital; North Carolina's First Carolina Bank agreed to acquire Pennsylvania's BM Technologies; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state court for permission to issue subpoenas to Capital One as part of an ongoing antitrust probe by the state,

Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, said it would acquire First State Bank of the Southeast in Middlesboro, Kentucky. It was the 19th such deal announced this year.

Other acquisitive executives, however, say that interest rate cuts have hastened already-active deal discussions, as more banks seek scale and business line diversity.

The lender will combine its global commercial and institutional banking operations and is creating a new international wealth and premier banking business. HSBC also named Pam Kaur as its first female CFO.

The merged company's footprint would cover what Atlantic Union CEO John Asbury has called the golden crescent, stretching from Baltimore south to Hampton Roads.

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