BancCentral in Alva, Okla., is selling its only branches in Kansas to Plains Bancshares in Plains, Kan.The parent of the $295 million-asset Plains State Bank will gain two locations in Harper County in a deal expected to close this fall. The price was not disclosed. The branches had $131.7 million of deposits in mid-2021, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Plains bought Bank VI in Salina, Kan., in 2018.

First Financial in Cincinnati is the latest bank to announce plans to address overdraft fees. The $16 billion-asset company said in a press release that it will take a series of steps, beginning on June 1, to eliminate or reduce fees.  The company said it will eliminate nonsufficient funds fees when an item is returned unpaid and notification fees when an account remains overdrawn. Other fees will be reduced. "We understand

Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to sell BNY Alcentra Group Holdings to Franklin Templeton.The $440 billion-asset Bank of New York Mellon disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that Franklin Templeton will pay $350 million in cash at closing, and up to $350 million in contingent consideration, for the business. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. Franklin Templeton has also committed to buy all seed

South State in Winter Haven, Fla., has reduced the size of its board by nearly a third. The $46.2 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it cut the board’s size from 19 directors to 13 after six members reached its mandatory retirement age. The smaller board “will serve the best interests of the company’s shareholders by providing a more streamlined governing body, as well as providing each director a greater

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida’s courtship of Apollo Bancshares in Miami began last summer, leading to exclusive negotiations between the two companies.The $10.9 billion-asset Seacoast announced its $168.3 million acquisition of the $1 billion-asset Apollo on March 29. Apollo had agreed in 2019 to sell itself to Suncoast Credit Union but the deal was terminated in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Conversations that led to the Seacoast deal began

A bank holding company in Washington state wants to open a second bank. Savi Financial in Mount Vernon, Wash., has applied with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for deposit insurance for the proposed Orca Bank. Savi is already the parent company for the $494 million-asset SaviBank. Savi said in a press release Thursday that Orca would buy SaviBank’s branch in Bellingham, Wash. “The formation of Orca Bank came from a local group of

Republic First Bancorp in Philadelphia has been barred from appointing a new chairman.Judge Paul Diamond of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled on Thursday that a decision to replace Vernon Hill with Harry Madonna violated state law and the $5.7 billion-asset company’s bylaws and articles of incorporation. Diamond also appointed Alfred Putman of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath to serve as custodian to assume control of Republic First, convene a special

Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, said that a key executive it gained from its acquisition of TCF Financial is planning to retire. The $178 billion-asset Huntington disclosed in a regulatory filing that Thomas Shafer will step down as co-president of its commercial bank on June 30. He will fully retire from the company on Dec. 31. Scott Kleinman will be the sole president of the commercial bank on July 1. Shafer was vice