Bay Bancorp in Columbia, Md., has agreed to buy Hopkins Bancorp in Pikesville, Md., for $23.8 million in cash.

Boston Private Financial Holdings has appointed its chief executive, Clayton Deutsch, as CEO of its bank subsidiary, Boston Private Bank & Trust.

Three banks have redeemed shares of preferred stock to make their exits from the Small Business Lending Fund.

Hancock Holding's decision to significantly raise its allowance for energy loan losses reveals that oil-related issues could last longer — and cut deeper — than what bankers had originally forecast.

Banks have all the experience they need to remain relevant in the world of digital payments, but they must not sit idly by as a slew of disruptors look to snag the business.

The $4.8 billion-asset holding company for Southside Bank gave Lee Gibson the additional titles of president of both the holding company and Southside Bank.

The $560 million-asset holding company for SouthCrest Bank did not provide a reason for Kenneth Maloy's departure.

Northwest Bancorp. in Spokane, Wash., has announced that Chief Executive Randall Fewel will retire at the end of the year.

Carver Bancorp in New York, like many community banks, seems to be back on track after surviving the financial crisis. But the company, and CEO Michael Pugh, have an new objective - figuring out how to stay relevant with younger customers.

Atlantic Capital Bancshares in Atlanta has agreed to sell seven branches in Tennessee in two separate deals.

De novo activity has remained at a trickle and the reason is investing in a new bank just isn't attractive as it used to be.

The $350 million-asset Pacific Commerce said in a press release Thursday that it will pay $10.50 a share in cash and stock for the $211 million-asset ProAmerica.

The $3.4 billion-asset holding company for Five Star Bank received a letter on Wednesday from Clover Partners' managing director, Johnny Guerry, saying management has made the wrong decision on two recent deals. Clover owns about 5.2% of Financial Institutions.

TriState Capital Holdings in Pittsburgh has agreed to buy asset management firm Killen Group in Berwyn, Pa., for between $30 million to $35 million in cash, based on conditions tied to the asset manager's cash flow.

Ramamurthi has transformed a 123-year-old institution with one branch serving a dusty Kansas town into a seedbed for disruptive financial technology — not to mention a wildly profitable generator of fee income.

TowneBank in Suffolk, Va., has agreed to buy Monarch Financial Holdings in Chesapeake, Va., for $220.6 million in stock.

Now is not the time for the Federal Housing Administration — which has stayed strong amid turmoil — to reduce its market share.

Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has withdrawn its proposal to merge with BBCN Bancorp. Hanmi said in a press release Thursday that its decision follows BBCN's agreement to buy Wilshire Bancorp.

First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., has agreed to buy Bankingpoint, an insurance agency in Sanford, N.C.

Under the direction of Richard Holbrook, Eastern Bank has prepared itself for the next 200 years by embracing a culture innovation, adding scale through acquisitions and advocating for the less fortunate in its community. It's an unusual formula, but it has worked and that's why he is one of American Banker's three Community Bankers of the Year for 2015.