Business First Bancshares is counting on its acquisition of Smith Shellnut Wilson to help it offer more advisory services to commercial clients.

Peoples Bancorp will pay $292 million for the West Virginia company. It also announced it's buying a leasing company in Vermont.

Fiserv has agreed to acquire processor Pineapple Payments in a move that will expand its current distributor partner relationship to help its Clover platform while also picking up the payment processing for Pineapple's current customer base.

A planned combination of Maine State Credit Union in Augusta and Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport has been nixed despite receiving approval from regulators.

Four months into the job, Charles Shaffer has struck a deal for Legacy Bank of Florida and is eyeing more acquisitions. His predecessor, Dennis Hudson III, built Seacoast with more than a dozen buyouts across the Sunshine State.

Wells Fargo, disposing of units to simplify operations, agreed to sell its corporate trust business to Australia’s Computershare Ltd. for $750 million.

The $235 million acquisition will bring CEO Jared Wolff's company a trove of cheap deposits and the chance to slash costs without having to significantly change its business model.

The company agreed to buy Legacy Bank of Florida for $102 million.

Smith Shellnut Wilson has managed Business First's investment portfolio since the bank was formed 15 years ago.

Banc of California, which last bought a bank in 2013, has agreed to pay $235 million in stock for Pacific Mercantile, which is based in Costa Mesa, Calif.

The Florida bank will expand to the east with its pending purchase of Hillsboro Bank.

Like the fintechs SoFi and LendingClub, DLP Real Estate Capital is acquiring a community bank largely to lower the cost of funding loans.

By merging with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. and entering a B2B partnership with Mastercard, Payoneer is grabbing for a bigger share of the spotlight.

DLP Bancshares, an affiliate of DLP Real Estate Capital, plans to use the acquisition to create a national platform for commercial real estate and warehouse loans.

The company will pay $29 million for Town-Country National Bank in Camden, Ala., which will operate as its own subsidiary after the deal closes.

Acquisition-hungry Stearns Bank has been fielding so many calls from would-be sellers that it has brought in a merger specialist to sort through them.

The $21 million deal would combine Feather River Bancorp, a small bank with deep local roots, and Plumas Bancorp, which has deeper pockets and a broader array of products and services.

Indiana Members CU will expand its reach later this year following completion of a proposed combination with Members Choice FCU.

The Delaware company would remove a rival, gain scale in affluent Philadelphia suburbs and accelerate its transformation from a branch-heavy lender to a digital-first bank with the $976 million acquisition.

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