Central Valley Community Bancorp in Fresno, Calif., has agreed to buy the $156 million-asset Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., for $24 million, or $5.22 a share, in cash and stock.

Green Bancorp in Houston says it has developed a strategic plan to eliminate its energy loan exposure.

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Higher noninterest income was instrumental in a 3.9% quarter-to-quarter profit increase at Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., in the three months that ended March 31.

No one at Old Fort Banking could afford to buy the large stake being sold by the Ohio bank's majority shareholder. So the employee stock ownership plan stepped in, and now it plans to take full control of Old Fort's holding company.

Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis., has agreed to buy Capital Bank in St. Paul, Minn., from First Sleepy Eye Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D.

UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo., reported higher profits as loan growth from a recent acquisition helped offset ongoing declines in its advisory business.

Penn Community Bank didn’t have a CFO until it hired Stephanie Austin, who won praise for building a solid finance department at her previous job.

Shares of Valley National Bancorp. slumped Wednesday after the Wayne, N.J., company reported a first-quarter profit that fell short of analysts' expectations.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board gave final approval Wednesday to its controversial Current Expected Credit Loss standard, but agreed to delay its implementation deadlines by a year in response to protests from banks and credit unions.

First-quarter net income at the $22 billion-asset company fell 6.4% to $69 million year over year and earnings per share fell 6.7% to 98 cents.

Some banks in Texas and Oklahoma are likely to start scouting acquisitions in states such as Colorado and California so that their fortunes are not so tied to the energy sector.

First Mid-Illinois Bancshares in Mattoon has agreed to buy First Clover Leaf Financial in Edwardsville, Ill.

United Community Banks reported strong revenue and earnings gains in the first quarter thanks largely to a pair of recent acquisitions.

BOK Financial continued to diversify its lending, booking strong increases in health care, manufacturing and commercial real estate credits. Progress on that front, however, was overshadowed by ongoing deterioration in its energy portfolio.

Citizens National Bancshares of Bossier in Bossier City, La., has named Jason Smith, an executive vice president at subsidiary Citizens National Bank since 2008, as its president and chief executive.

A number of banks have recently crossed $10 billion in assets, where caps on interchange fees and mandatory stress testing kick in, and more are set to pass the threshold shortly. Here is a look at the annual toll regulation will take on many of those institutions.

Pacific Continental in Eugene, Ore., has agreed to buy Foundation Bancorp in Bellevue, Wash.

Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., has agreed to buy Prime Pacific Financial Services in Lynwood, Wash.