Capital

Brookline will pay $56 million in cash and stock for First Commons in a deal that will add $324 million in assets.

The cash acquisition allows First American to expand its operations in Kenosha, Wis.

David Dotherow, CEO of the newly formed Winter Park National Bank, stresses the need for strong management and a straightforward business plan when applying for a charter.

The Indiana company could also use proceeds from the planned stock sale to pay off debt.

CU in Vancouver announces distribution via redemption, dividend on shares.

The company will add $370 million in assets after buying the parent companies for First Bank & Trust and First Bank of Chandler.

BankGuam, which is looking to sell $20 million of common stock, warned investors that North Korea represents a unique risk to its stock price.

The acquisition will allow Eagle to expand into southwestern Montana.

The company said it could use the proceeds to fund acquisitions and to make more loans.

His Berkshire Hathaway exercised 6-year-old warrants to buy 700 million shares at an $11.5 billion discount.

Heartland Bank had been operating under a regulatory order from the Fed since December.

In the coming year, bankers in Puerto Rico will need to keep an eye on how steep cuts in government spending will affect the island’s consumers, says José Rafael Fernández, CEO of OFG Bancorp.

Studio Bank aims to become the first de novo in Nashville in nearly a decade.

Former lawyer Kenneth Lehman will pay at least $10 million for a controlling stake in ABB Financial in Atlanta.

Home will add 12 branches and nearly $600 million in assets when it completes the acquisition.

In anticipation of future changes, bank regulators will allow all but the largest banks to avoid a planned phase-in of 2013 capital rules.

Post-election euphoria tamped down M&A talk as bankers were hopeful that reform would justify staying independent. But there are signs bankers are getting restless.

The $1.5 billion-asset company agreed to buy Southern Missouri Bancshares to expand into two strategically important markets.

The Alabama company agreed to buy FirstAtlantic Financial for $108 million.

Three years after guiding the Baltimore bank through bankruptcy, the group that recapitalized it found a similar institution eager to form a new partnership.