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The smooth and relatively short process should be encouraging to other big banks that are eyeing deals. But their window of opportunity may not last long.

Members of Ocean Spray Employees FCU will vote next month on whether to merge into MVCU, which absorbed Bridgewater Credit Union earlier this year.

Ana Botin, the Spanish banking giant's chairman, is counting on Santander's new digital platform to help drive expansion in the U.S. and Latin America.

This is the second time in five years the California-based credit union has issued a giveback, for a total of $38 million.

The deal is Seacoast's third acquisition of a bank with operations in Palm Beach County.

An Indiana bank is looking to complete the first outright purchase of a credit union since the financial crisis. Though hurdles exist, some industry observers say more such deals are doable.

Delinquencies also remained at "historical low levels" through Sept. 30, according to the state's financial regulator.

United Bankshares in West Virginia was willing to pay a healthy premium for Carolina Financial, one of a dwindling number of available banks with more than $4 billion in assets.

The Bakersfield, Calif.-based institution has applied to convert to a state charter.

The company will pay $1.1 billion for Carolina Financial in Charleston, S.C., in a deal that will add nearly $5 billion in assets.