Americas

A U.S. Century spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that the $1.3 billion-asset bank's shareholders approved the sale to C1 Bank in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Charter Financial in West Point, Ga., plans to sell additional stock and convert to a full public company from a mutual.

The president and chief executive of Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) in Maine will retire in June. Joseph M. Murphy has held those positions at the company and its Bar Harbor Bank & Trust unit since 2002.

Southside Bancshares (SBSI) in Tyler, Texas, will open two branches in Austin, Texas, next year.

Bruce Lee will step down as its chief credit officer for Fifth Third Bank (FITB) in Cincinnati, for personal reasons, at the end of the year, the $117 billion-asset company said Monday.

The president and chief operating officer of Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) will leave the Bedminster, N.J., company at the end of the year.

The $6.2 billion-asset First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) will close 10 branches to cut costs, according to a report.

Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), a mutual holding company in Avenel, N.J., is taking the final step in its conversion to a fully public company.

A unit of Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has completed its acquisition of First Shares in Platteville, Wis., for $10.9 million.

WASHINGTON — State regulators in Georgia closed the $125 million-asset Hometown Community Bank in Braselton late Friday, stretching the industry's failure toll this year to 50.