Americas

The North Carolina company had made it clear it would pursue more acquisitions after closing its purchase of the $19 billion-asset Susquehanna Bancshares earlier this year.

First State Associates in Hawarden, Iowa, has agreed to buy Miner County Bank in Howard, S.D. The banks expect the deal to close later this quarter or early in the fourth quarter.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named Robert Steven Kaplan, a Harvard Business School professor, as its new president and chief executive officer.

Cross County Bank in Wynne, Ark., has agreed to buy three Arkansas branches from SouthBank in Huntsville, Ala.

The $120 million-asset mutual thrift filed its application with federal regulators this month. Citizens expects the formation to be completed by the first quarter, Chief Executive Tommy Johnson said in an interview.

Entegra Financial in Franklin, N.C., has agreed to buy two South Carolina branches from Arthur State Bank in Union, S.C.

Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., has named a former Citigroup banker a director of business banking.

Though one of the defendants in the case appeared in a federal court in New York earlier this week, no pleas have been entered in the illegal Bitcoin exchange with ties to a small, low-income CU in New Jersey.

Foothills Community Bank in Dawsonville, Ga., has named John Lewis interim chief executive.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., has agreed to buy Southcoast Financial in Mount Pleasant, S.C., for $95.5 million in stock.