Capital

Tri County Financial will pay an undisclosed amount for H.F. Gehant Bancorp.

The California company agreed to pay $14 million in cash for a bank with $131 million in assets.

First Horizon and Iberiabank solidified their resolve after BB&T and SunTrust announced their merger. Bryan Jordan, First Horizon's CEO, says he's convinced the earlier deal is having a similar influence at other regional banks.

The proposed Verdigris Bank would rely heavily on technology, applicants say.

The deal will create a Southeastern regional with $75 billion in assets across 11 states.

The Tennessee company, which was outbid in an effort to buy a North Carolina bank earlier this year, will pay $41 million for a branch network in the middle part of its home state.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $346 million for MutualFirst Financial.

The New York company will enter Suffolk County after it buys Empire Bancorp.

The application for Riverside Bank of Dublin comes just six months after another group opened a bank in a nearby market.

Federal regulators should amend a capital buffer requirements for certain derivatives to avoid economic damage.