KeyCorp and New York Community Bancorp are among a number of buyers pledging to aggressively cut costs at acquired banks. There are plenty of ways to go about it, but acquirers risk cutting too deeply in the effort to appease wary investors.

Coastal Banking in Beaufort, S.C., has redeemed stock that it originally issued as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, after it obtained a $10 million loan.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., has agreed to buy a local rival, High Point Bank Corp., for $141.3 million.

Parkway Bancorp in Harwood Heights, Ill., no longer plans to buy Park Bancorp in Chicago.

Heartland BancCorp in Gahanna, Ohio, has raised $5.4 million in a private placement.

BankUnited expects to receive about $393 million in proceeds from the offering. It plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including investments in and advances to its bank subsidiary.

Bank Leumi's conservatism helped it stay profitable during the financial crisis. The bank, a unit of Leumi Group in Israel, is ready to get more aggressive in areas such as technology lending.

Ally Financial in Detroit plans to redeem about $1.3 billion of preferred stock, opening the door to a possible stock buyback next year.

Royal Banks of Missouri in University City has agreed to buy Frontenac Bank in Earth City, Mo.

Scott Kavanaugh, CEO of First Foundation Bank in Irvine, Calif., talks about running a startup bank during the financial crisis. The drought in de novos will likely continue because of high compliance costs, he said.

Citigroup's OneMain Financial unit won U.S. antitrust approval for its sale to Springleaf Holdings after the companies agreed to sell branches.

Hilltop Holdings in Dallas has rebranded its securities unit as it prepared to combine two broker-dealer businesses it picked up from a recent acquisition.

NCR has reached an agreement for an $820 million investment from private equity giant Blackstone Group, which it will use to fund a $1 billion stock buyback.

The Illinois company has lined up two small acquisitions near Chicago to surpass $10 billion in assets, a mark that brings added regulatory oversight. As a result, analysts expect First Midwest to string together more deals in 2016 to increase revenue and improve efficiency.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., has agreed to buy NI Bancshares in Sycamore, Ill.

Stonebridge Financial in West Chester, Pa., plans to sell its bank through bankruptcy proceedings.

Mid Penn Bancorp in Millersburg, Pa., plans to exit the Small Business Lending Fund program and redeem a separate pool of preferred stock through an upcoming debt sale.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco plans to raise up to $230 million from an offering of common stock.

For years, UMB Financial rode fee-income gains from the expansion of its asset management unit to some strong quarters. But the unit's production has waned lately forcing the company to rethink its expense base and management structure.

RBB Bancorp in Los Angeles has agreed to buy TFC Holding, the parent of TomatoBank in Los Angeles.