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Sunshine Bancorp in Plant City, Fla., has agreed to buy two branches from First Federal Bank of Florida.
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Sunshine Bancorp in Plant City, Fla., has agreed to buy Community Southern Holdings in Lakeland, Fla.
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Andrew Samuel left Susquehanna Bancshares, where he was in line to become CEO, to run the tiny Sunshine Bancorp in Florida. While Susquehanna recently agreed to sell itself to BB&T, Samuel has been working furiously to hire and expand at his new employer.
December 24
Sunshine Bancorp in Plant City, Fla., has hired another former executive from the former Susquehanna Bancshares in Lititz, Pa.
The $477 million-asset company said in a press release that it had hired John Finley as chief financial officer. He succeed Vickie Houllis, who resigned to pursue other career opportunities. Finley will oversee the company's strategic financial planning, financial forecasting and investment and interest rate risk management, among other responsibilities.
Finley previously served as Susquehanna's director of Treasury strategies. Before joining Susquehanna in 2013 he was president of the consulting firm Margin Advisors and chief financial officer of Graystone Tower Bank,
Sunshine's chief executive, Andrew Samuel,
Sunshine Bancorp was formed in 2014 when Sunshine Bank converted from a mutual to a stock-owned company.