Capital

Columbia Financial will sell about 43% of its stock in a public offering that could raise up to $493 million.

The $32 million purchase of Sunshine Financial will provide First Bancshares with its first branches in Tallahassee, Fla.

The company agreed to buy TCSB Bancorp, the parent of Traverse City State Bank, for $63 million.

Integrity is set to become the third Houston-area bank acquired by Independent in recent years.

FCB will pay $88 million in cash and stock for Floridian in a deal that will boost its operations near Miami.

The company agreed to pay $169 million for First Evanston Bancorp in Illinois.

Tennessee-based CU has returned $71.5 million over the last 13 years.

New York Venture Bank would be run be a former Square 1 executive and would feature former CFPB deputy director Raj Date on its board.

Blue Lion Capital believes a heavy focus on mortgages and acquisitions is hurting HomeStreet's financial performance.

Jefferson Financial Credit Union in Louisiana struck a deal to bring in $12 million in secondary capital, which is believed to be the biggest haul to date for a credit union. Will it embolden other CUs to pursue similar fundraising efforts?

Clearinghouse CDFI will use funds from the $2 million investment to support affordable-housing and economic development projects in communities and Native American reservations in California, Nevada and Arizona.

Jefferson Financial in Louisiana struck a deal to bring in $12 million in secondary capital, which is believed to be the biggest haul to date for a credit union. It could also embolden other credit unions to pursue similar fundraising efforts.

The company, which counts veteran banker Jay Sidhu among its investors, is selling to Ameris for $145 million in cash and stock.

The company has agreed to pay $49 million for First West Virginia Bancorp, the parent of Progressive Bank.

The company, which had launched an at-the-market offering in late May, plans to use the proceeds for organic growth.

Louisiana-based credit union says its request is one of the largest ever approved by NCUA.

The acquisition is expected to boost WesBanco’s presence in Huntington, W.Va., and provide a bridge to its existing operations in Charleston, W.Va., and southeastern Ohio.

The company will pay $53 million in cash and stock for Signature Bank.

The company has reapplied to buy Civic Bank more than a year after a regulatory snag forced it to put the deal on ice.

Most of Sterling Bancorp's operations are in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The company plans to use some of the $93 million it will raise to expand in New York and Seattle.