Sterling Financial in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to buy Commerce National Bank in Newport Beach, Calif.

Ameris Bancorp in Moultrie, Ga., has agreed to buy Prosperity Banking Co. in St. Augustine, Fla.

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The investors would inject $50 million into the struggling lender, the bank said Monday. U.S. Century would also sell its nonperforming loans, which totaled $95 million at March 31, to "unrelated third parties" for an undisclosed price.

The Kansas City company, which started with opening-day deposits of $1,100 in 1913, now has $15.7 billion in assets and a fresh formula that is allowing it to prosper with a conservative approach to credit.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy four branches from Zions Bancorp.'s (ZION) California subsidiary.

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IBC Bank in Texas, is bringing an environmentally friendly addition to the Austin skyline.

First Busey Bancorp (BUSE) in Champaign, Ill., reported a dip in quarterly profit as lending revenue fell and expenses rose.

Community Trust Bancorp in Pikeville, Ky., has a promoted a veteran banker to chief financial officer.

BOK Financial Corp. in Tulsa, Okla., reported a higher first-quarter profit due to loan recoveries and higher fee income.

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Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) in Paramus, N.J., reported a 34% decline in quarterly profit as it waits for regulators to approve its sale to M&T Bank (MTB).

Median bank chief executive pay raises slowed from the year before but look healthy compared with stagnant revenues and languishing stock prices.

The sale, announced in July and completed Tuesday, included $3.2 billion in deposits. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Many large commercial banks must decide how to adapt their investment banking units to keep pace with changing regulations that could shrink ROE further, according to a report from BCG.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revised its final rule on international money transfers on Tuesday in an effort to lift the compliance burden on small banks.

Expenses weighed down Old Line Bancshares (OLBK) in the first quarter. Earnings at the $869 million-asset company in Bowie, Md., fell 27.8% from a year earlier, to $1.3 million, or 19 cents per share.

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The SEC is still working on rules for compensation clawbacks, but some banks have adopted stricter policies in response to pressure from activist shareholders like the New York City comptroller's office.