Consolidations

Achieva Credit Union has purchased Preferred Community Bank in Fort Myers, Fla.

Struggles to achieve sustainable growth led CommunityWorks Federal Credit Union to seek a merger partner.

The merger, recently approved by Denali's membership, will create a $2.2 billion-asset credit union with dozens of branches across five Western states.

First Busey is buying a bank with a large securities portfolio, whose size would be easier to adjust than traditional bank assets as it seeks to stay below the $10 billion mark.

The Los Angeles company will also gain its first branches in Nevada after completing the $467 million acquisition.

FVCBancorp will use part of the proceeds to help pay for its pending acquisition of Colombo Bank.

BayCom in Walnut Creek, Calif., would have a bigger presence in the Albuquerque area after buying Bethlehem Financial.

N.B.C. Bancshares' deal for Bank of Cushing will give it two branches an hour outside of Tulsa.

Once a hotbed of activity, the region has reported the fewest bank mergers since the financial crisis.

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