Spirit of Texas Bancshares is acquiring four branches and a loan production office from Simmons First National as part of an aggressive expansion in its home state.

Incoming CEO Clint Stein said the Tacoma, Wash., company is ready to revisit deals after spending three years updating its digital platforms.

Paul Murphy took full responsibility for a recent spike in charge-offs at the Houston company. His challenge in 2020 is keeping credit issues in check.

One found a buyer, another announced plans to retire, and others took steps to reinvent their banks.

The New Jersey company will pay $63 million for the parent of Victory State Bank.

The community bank lobby has said the recent deals are another reason to rein in the credit union sector. Some House members are beginning to take notice.

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The Louisiana company sold $30 million in stock to help fund its purchase of Cheaha Financial Group.

Industrial Bank CEO Doyle Mitchell has spent countless hours in New York since his bank bought the failed City National in November, meeting with existing customers and plotting his growth plans.

The company plans to sell more mortgages in the first quarter, which would bring its loan-to-deposit ratio below 100%.

The upstate New York company will gain branches in Rochester as part of its $35 million purchase of FSB Bancorp.

Lower interest rates are allowing banks to use the cheaper capital to repay higher-cost debt and prepare for future expansion.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

The FDIC was reluctant to sign off on the merger of Summit Bancshares and Faciam Holdings because the company planned to serve marijuana-related businesses.

The Tennessee company said Rob Garcia will be in charge of building a commercial banking team in the city.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.

A dearth of bigger acquirers will likely force more banks with less than $2 billion in assets ⁠to seek out their own deals.