Americas

The $465 million-asset bank in Athens, Ga., has named Rhodes McLanahan CEO and president.

United Community Financial in Youngstown, Ohio, has agreed to buy James & Sons Insurance.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy Pensco Trust Co. in San Francisco from Pensco Services.

Farmers Capital Bank in Frankfort, Ky., plans to extinguish $15 million of subordinated debt. The $1.8 billion-asset company expects to record a $4.1 million pretax gain during the first quarter from the transaction.

Bryn Mawr Bank in Pennsylvania reported a quarterly loss after terminating its pension plan.

Randy Peterson, the chief executive of Bank of Eufaula in Oklahoma, was shot and killed on Thursday by a robber. He was 64.

Profits at SVB Financial Group in Santa Clara, Calif., soared in the fourth quarter on strong loan growth.

Signature Bank in New York has filed a plan to sell about $299 million in common stock.

Associated Banc-Corp in Green Bay, Wis., reported fourth-quarter earnings of $42.8 million, a 12.2% drop from a year earlier as the company set aside a significantly higher amount of money to address potential problems in its energy portfolio.

Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas, has exited the Small Business Lending Fund program.