Americas

Popular with employees: Level One hosts an annual bring-your-dog-to-work day.

Popular with employees: Trivia questions go out the Friday before every Texas Tech football game. The first three employees to respond with the correct answers win a prize, such as gift cards, game tickets and Texas Tech apparel.

Popular with employees: Muncy Bank employees bring dishes to share for monthly luncheons.

Popular with employees: Every January, all employees receive up to $300 to buy work attire.

Zions, No. 57 in the overall ranking, is No. 3 in the category for banks with more than $10 billion of assets.

Popular among employees: Citizens Bank of West Virginia provides monthly "smile" lunch, surprise or other fun activity, ranging from tailgates to ice cream socials.

American Savings, No. 59 in the overall ranking, is No. 9 in the category for banks with $3 billion to $10 billion of assets.

Popular with employees: For more than 20 years, First Premier has provided scholarships to high school seniors. Last year, 15 of the 31 $1,000 scholarships awarded went to children of bank employees.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh plans to retain some Yadkin Financial executives and assign them to key roles after it closes its purchase of the North Carolina bank.

Family Security Credit Union, a $580-million institution based in Decatur, Ala., said it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets and assume the deposits of the privately held Bank of Pine Hill, based in Pine Hill, Ala.