The company, which had recently expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved, agreed last month to buy a bank in Florida.

The holding company structure makes sense for large banks with complex business models and small banks looking to bulk up through acquisitions. But for a large swath of banks in the middle, the benefits are harder to spot.

Dekalb County Credit Union has just $6 million in assets -- approximately the same amount that Vibrant earned in net income last year.

Target Corp. agreed to purchase grocery-delivery startup Shipt Inc. for $550 million, stepping up efforts to challenge Amazon.com Inc. in e-commerce orders.

The company agreed to pay $18 million for Atlantic Bancshares in a deal that will increase its operations along South Carolina's coast.

The company will pay $186 million for First Bank Lubbock in a deal that also includes mortgage unit PrimeWest Mortgage.

The company will also gain branches in northern Alabama when it buys Tennessee Bancshares.

Gemalto’s business boomed a couple of years ago at the peak of the U.S. EMV migration, but when new card orders tapered off and payments technology turned in new directions, the company’s profits got hammered.

The resulting institution will have more than $126 million in assets.

The California company is set to pick up a dozen branches after it buys FNB for $315 million.

The $74 million acquisition will allow First Mid-Illinois to expands it operatations in the Champaign-Urbana region in Illinois.

The company has agreed to buy the operations of Veterans Mortgage in Salt Lake City.

Atos SE made a 4.3-billion-euro ($5.06 billion) unsolicited bid for Gemalto NV with the backing of the French state’s investment bank, seeking to create a European leader in cybersecurity, digital technologies and payment services.

The bank, which agreed to acquire Hibernia Bancorp for $28 million, will adopt the seller's name after completing the deal.

The deal includes roughly 120 client relationships. Employees in CenterState's trust department will join Cypress Trust.

MFA Acquisition, which plans to keep Maryland Financial Bank's name, wants to add more products and services after the deal closes.

Apple’s acquisition of Shazam demonstrates the potential for Shazam’s technology to do so much more than identify pop songs playing over a store's speakers.

The Los Angeles company will sell $1.6 billion in loans, largely tied to technology and health care, by the end of this year.

Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union and Hawaiian Airlines FCU have merged to provide members greater branch access, additional services, higher dividends and more.

Alpine Bancorp. in Illinois made its sale a highly inclusive process, forming a special evaluation team of senior leaders to help top management review offers.