Americas

Premier Financial Bancorp of Huntington, W.Va., has received regulatory approval to resume dividend payments on its investment from the Treasury Department.

Bay Commercial Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., is moving into the Silicon Valley market with a deal to acquire the $66 million-asset Global Trust Bank for $15.3 million in cash and stock.

Bell Federal Credit Union and Midwest Partners Federal Credit Union, both in Sioux Falls, S.D., have agreed to merge, creating a $65 million-asset credit union serving 9,000 members.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday released information on written agreements with five banking companies.

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corp. in Connecticut has won permission from the Office of Thrift Supervision to convert from a mutual holding company to a 100% stock-owned company.

Northern Trust Corp. will remain the title sponsor of a top professional golf tournament in Los Angeles at least through 2016.

Aptys Solutions LLC has launched a tablet-based, paperless invoicing system called aMobile.

PIN-pad tampering at Michaels Stores Inc. occurred over a three-month period and so far has affected "fewer than 100" customers' debit card accounts, but credit card data also may have been exposed, the retailer said Friday.

Tri-Valley Bank in San Ramon, Calif., is looking to raise roughly $7 million in a private placement that the bank said it would use to support growth and boost its capital levels.

Suffolk Bancorp in Riverhead, N.Y., has announced that it may need to restate earnings for several quarter after identifying weaknesses in its methodology for calculating loan losses.