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Mid-Southern Bancorp could use proceeds to make more loans or to pursue acquisitions.

An affiliate of the private-equity firm Angel Oak is packaging bank-issued sub debt to minimize risk for bondholders. It recently completed its first securitization and has plans to issue two deals a year.

The company said it could raise up to $25 million through the initial public offering.

The Alabama company will enter Sarasota, Fla., after buying Premier for $52 million.

The $6 million acquisition will add four businesses with a total of $700 million in assets under management.

Gulfside Bank, which would be based in Sarasota, is angling to become southwest Florida's first new bank in a decade.

Organizers want to open the first new bank in Michigan since 2009, while a third group in Florida has filed a de novo application.

Park National, which came to regret its acquisition of a Florida bank just before the financial crisis, took more than a year to vet NewDominion before making an offer.

The company's deal for Coastway Bancorp in Rhode Island makes sense since both institutions are former credit unions.

Organizers in Winston-Salem are planning to raise at least $25 million to form Community Bank of the Carolinas.

The company has agreed to buy United Community Bancorp. With the $114 million deal it would add five branches in the Cincinnati area.

Limited organic growth opportunities and rising premiums for bigger deals are fueling more sales of banks with $1 billion to $10 billion in assets.

The company has agreed to pay $89 million for Premier Commercial Bancorp. The acquisition would significantly increase its branch presence and lending in the Portland area.

Two groups have announced plans to open banks in the state, and several others have had talks with regulators. Is there room for more?

Sterling would gain $458 million in loans and an origination platform by acquiring Advantage Funding Management.

OP Bancorp in Los Angeles aims to raise $20 million to fund organic growth and acquisitions.

Spirit Community Bank would be based in Statesville, a community about 45 miles north of Charlotte. A separate set of organizers has already shared plans to open a bank east of Charlotte.

Parkway Acquisition in Virginia has agreed to buy Great State Bank for nearly $15 million.

The nonprofit is turning to banks and social impact investors to help significantly increase the size of its loan portfolio over five years.

While the $632 million-asset nbkc bank was the smallest known participant in the recent round of funding for Greenlight, the investment wasn't its first foray into fintech.