Americas

AltaPacific Bancorp in Santa Rosa, Calif., has promoted its chief operating officer an even bigger role.

The $1.2 billion-asset NexTier said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $2.3 million, or $531.55 a share, in cash for the $40 million-asset Manor.

Allegiance Bancshares in Houston has recruited a new chief financial officer.

The $3.5 billion-asset company submitted a shelf registration that lets it sell common stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants, among other things.

Pacific Financial in Aberdeen, Wash., is looking for a new chief credit officer.

U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis has raised its expectations for its net interest margin in the fourth quarter, citing the recent increase in benchmark rates.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has shuffled its corporate finance department, promoting four executives to new or expanded roles.

J.G. Wentworth's quirky Broadway-style ads have made it familiar as a structured settlement purchase company, and as it attempts to grab share in the prepaid market it's looking to lottery agencies to make sure its strategy is no gamble.

Mark Schroeder has led the Jasper, Ind., company to six straight years of record profit by sticking to a simple model that emphasizes relationship banking and small, strategic acquisitions.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas has snagged a BBVA Compass banker and promoted two of its own executives.