Americas

United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., has agreed to buy MoneyTree Corp. in Lenoir City, Tenn.

Farmers National Banc Corp. in Canfield, Ohio, has agreed to buy National Bancshares in Orrville, Ohio.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, reported higher quarterly earnings as cost controls compensated for a decline in interest income.

Carroll Bancorp in Sykesville, Md., has raised $5.1 million through a private placement of its common stock.

Liberty Bank & Trust in New Orleans has received regulatory approval to buy First Tuskegee Bank in Alabama, more than a year after the deal was first announced.

South State in Columbia, S.C., reported higher quarterly profits thanks to lower costs and higher fee-based income.

RICHARDSON, Texas — Texans Credit Union, which has been under NCUA conservatorship since April 2011, on Tuesday said it had net income of $21.7 million in 2014.

Homeowners associations seeking unpaid dues are seizing on a court decision allowing them to foreclose on properties ahead of banks, and the FHFA is litigating to defend Fannie and Freddie mortgages. Private lenders, meanwhile, are trying to keep the problem from spreading to more states.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Coastal Federal Credit Union said it has paid out in excess of $2.1 million in special dividends, earned by members through its VIP Program, making it the largest such payout in the four-year history of the program.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has agreed to buy Mutual Underwriters Insurance in Louisville, Ky.