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Bank First's deal for Partnership is the third Wisconsin bank merger announced this week.

The $1.9 billion-asset Schools Financial Credit Union has plans to merge into SchoolsFirst, which is already the largest credit union in California.

The Florida company's earnings increased after it completed a big acquisition and produced strong year-over-year loan production.

Provident's investment adviser unit will have nearly $3 billion in assets under management after it buys Tirschwell & Loewy.

The shutdown is keeping the agency from approving about 300 loans per day, according to CBA President Richard Hunt.

The consent order against California Check Cashing Stores is part of a broader crackdown by the Department of Business Oversight on small-dollar lenders trying to skirt interest rate limits.

The Virginia company cautioned that it expects lending to slow down this year.

The company will pay $93 million for Kinderhook Bank, which has a concentration of branches around Albany.

The company will top $1 billion in assets after it buys the parent of F&M Bank in Tomah, Wis.

Greenwoods Financial will have $270 million in assets when it buys Fox River Financial.