LCNB Corp. has hired an investment bank to “begin evaluation” of the Lebanon, Ohio, company’s potential sale. The $2.3 billion-asset company, which is in the process of buying another bank, disclosed in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it hired Hovde Group in December to help it weigh its options. The disclosure was in response to a shareholder proposal by Philip Timyan that LCNB’s board hire an

First National in Strasburg, Va., has agreed to buy Touchstone Bankshares in Prince George, Va. The $1.4 billion-asset First National said in a press release that it will pay $47 million in stock for the $658.7 million-asset Touchstone. The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, priced Touchstone at 106% of its tangible book value. Touchstone has 12 branches, $508.8 million of loans and $542.2 million of

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., plans to offset losses tied to a recent securities sale with proceeds from converting its Visa shares. The $48.2 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it sold about $783 million of debt securities at a $45 million pretax loss. It reinvested the proceeds into higher-yielding securities. The company said that, as a result, it will recognize a $34 million net charge to first-quarter

Organizers are planning a de novo bank in Culver City, Calif. A group filed an application earlier this year with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for Culver Community Bank. The Bank Slate recently obtained the redacted version of the application. Benjamin Donel is listed as the proposed bank’s chairman. He is the managing member of Sunset Equity Funding, a private asset firm that buys loans that are in default and

A group of Korean-Americans is looking to form a new bank in Los Angeles. Organizers of QIB Bank applied on March 8 with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The group is looking to raise $35 million to form a minority-depository institution. “The bank intends to operate as a full-service commercial bank providing a wide range of traditional banking products and services to businesses and individuals in its market area, with

Savi Financial in Mount Vernon, Wash., which once explored forming a second bank, will instead sell its bank to Harborstone Credit Union in Lakewood, Wash. The $1.9 billion-asset Harborstone will pay an $16 to $17 a share in cash for the $593 million-asset SaviBank. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Savi Financial will liquidate and dissolve and distribute its remaining assets to its investors after the

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has given conditional approval for a new bank in Houston. Organizers of the proposed Integrity Bank must raise $37 million prior to opening, according to the FDIC’s order. Integrity plans to operate as a state-chartered savings bank. The group of 19 organizers originally applied with the FDIC in June 2023. Charles Neff Jr. would serve as chairman and CEO; Hazem Ahmed would be the proposed

New York Community in Hicksville has appointed a director with experience serving on a bank board. The $114.1 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that Alan Frank will also stand for election at this year’s annual meeting. He will serve as chairman of the audit committee. Frank, who spent 40 years at Deloitte & Touche, was a director of OneWest Bank when it was sold to CIT Group. He