Americas

First Dakota National Bank in Yankton, S.D., has agreed to buy Dakota State Bank in Blunt, S.D.

The San Francisco company hopes to lower its costs by driving out human intervention as much as possible. To get there, it has made the counterintuitive decision to locate its operations staff in one of the country’s most expensive cities.

Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa, Calif., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has agreed to acquire 17 branches in the Pittsburgh area from Fifth Third Bancorp.

CPI Card Group, which makes payment cards for firms including Bank of America and American Express, aims to raise about $300 million in an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the company's plans.

Talented lenders and anxious clients should expect a full-court press from Pennsylvania's community banks as they look to take market share from of the state's newcomer.

Ebrahim Shabudin, former chief operating officer and chief credit officer at United Commercial Bank in San Francisco, has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for securities fraud related to the bank's failure.

Banks are seeing steady growth in consumer loan demand nationwide, particularly in auto loans and mortgages, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Board.

Comerica has named Peter Sefzik market president for Texas, effective immediately. Sefzik succeeded Patrick Faubion, who was promoted to executive vice president of Comerica's Business Bank in July.

FS Bancorp in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., has agreed to buy four branches in Washington from Bank of America in Charlotte, N.C.