Organizers of Dogwood State Bank want to open Raleigh's first new bank since the financial crisis.

Richwood Bancshares will get closer to $1 billion in assets after it buys Home City Financial.

Veritex will take advantage of accounting rules in its deal for Green Bancorp, a larger bank with lingering energy exposure.

The North Carolina regional will pay $30 million for the much-smaller Palmetto Heritage Bancshares.

The company will pay $191 million for Skagit Bancorp, a deposit-rich bank in Washington's North Sound region.

The $54 million purchase of Pilgrim Bancshares will give Hometown branches in western, central and eastern Massachusetts.

The Ohio company said low unemployment is keeping business clients from expanding, while higher asking prices are forcing it to avoid bank acquisitions.

The bank, which would be only the second to call the Motor City home, would hire 500 people there while maintaining most of its workforce in Midland.

The $26 million acquisition will allow Summit to enter two new counties in its home state.

Florida created headaches for the Georgia company during the financial crisis. Increased discipline, and wholesale changes to banking, make the $3 billion purchase of FCB Financial less risky, CEO Kessel Stelling says.

The Mississippi company will also gain its first branches in southern Georgia as part of the $80 million deal.

Green's sale follows a dedicated effort by its management team to purge its energy portfolio.

The $2.9 billion deal is the Georgia company's first traditional whole-bank acquisition since 2006. It is also the year's second-biggest bank acquisition.

First Green Bank in Florida had to stop holding deposits for licensed marijuana sellers as a condition of making a deal.

Loan growth, fueled by increased tourism spending, more than offset a sharp drop in fee income at the Honolulu company.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The bank also agreed to pay a $5 million fine to settle allegations over how it obtained consumers' consent.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares has agreed to buy Comanche National. This would be Spirit's first acquisition since going public earlier this year.

Avidia Bank in Massachusetts collaborated with Exhibit 'A' Brewing to produce and sell an IPA as part of a plan to boost marketing to small businesses and millennials.