Americas

MoneyGram International said it has hired former DolEx Dollar Express Inc. head George Zelinski as its vice president for Central America, South America and the Caribbean regions.

Loomis Fargo & Co. announced plans to acquire the cash-handling business of Pendum LLC to add to its automated teller machine servicing operations.

Home Bancorp Inc. in Lafayette, La., has agreed to buy GS Financial Corp. of Matairie, La.

Park Sterling Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Community Capital Corp. of Greenwood, S.C.

MB Acquisition Bancorp agreed to buy $20 million to $30 million of newly issued common stock to help the $201.2 million-asset bank meet the minimum capital ratio requirements in its regulatory orders.

The $4.5 billion-asset Chicago company said Tuesday that it raised $25 million in a private placement with investors such as Harrison Steans, a former chairman of LaSalle National Bank; Jennifer Steans, the chairman of USAmeribancorp Inc. in Largo, Fla.; and Bruce Taylor, chairman of Taylor Capital. Investors also included other members of the Steans family and Prairie Capital.

First Defiance Financial Corp. in Defiance, Ohio, has $19.6 million of fresh equity. The $2.04 billion-asset company said Tuesday that it sold 1.6 million shares, including 208,800 shares for over-allotments, at $13.25 a share.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., said Wednesday that it promoted an insider to become its chief financial officer.

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. in Lee's Summit, Mo., reported a loss of $5.5 million for 2010 after posting a profit a year earlier.

The Federal Reserve has ordered First American International Corp. to serve as a source of strength to its Brooklyn, N.Y., bank.