Equity Bancshares, Inc. Completes Merger with Frontier Holdings, LLC

Equity Bancshares Acquires KansasLand Bancshares

July 2, 2024

Financial Services

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (Equity Bank) completed the acquisition of KansasLand Bancshares, Inc., the parent of KansasLand Bank, expanding Equity's Kansas footprint and adding locations in Quinter and Americus, Kansas. The acquired KansasLand branches will convert to Equity Bank and Equity expects to consolidate core and digital systems later in the third quarter.

Equity Bancshares Acquires NBC Corp. of Oklahoma

July 3, 2025

Financial Services

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (Equity Bank) completed its acquisition of NBC Corp. of Oklahoma, the parent of NBC Oklahoma, adding seven branch locations and doubling Equity's Oklahoma franchise to 15 locations. NBC locations will reopen as Equity Bank on July 3, with core and digital systems consolidation planned for late August 2025; the deal increases Equity's pro forma consolidated assets to approximately $6.4 billion and its branch network to 82 locations.

LCNB Corp. Acquires Eagle Financial Bancorp, Inc.

November 29, 2023

Financial Services

LCNB Corp. (the holding company for LCNB National Bank) agreed to acquire Eagle Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the holding company for EAGLE.bank) in a stock-and-cash merger that will expand LCNB's presence in the Cincinnati market. EFBI operates three full-service banking offices and reported $175.8 million in assets and $135.0 million in deposits as of September 30, 2023; the deal is expected to close in Q2 2024 and to be accretive to earnings with a tangible book value earn-back of approximately 2.1 years.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp Merge To Form Beacon Financial Corporation (Beacon Bank)

September 2, 2025

Financial Services

Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp completed a merger of equals to form Beacon Financial Corporation, the parent of the newly branded Beacon Bank, headquartered in Boston. The combined regional bank has roughly $24 billion in assets, more than 145 branches across New England and New York, and expanded commercial, consumer, and wealth-management capabilities.

Eastern Bankshares, Inc. Acquires HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

November 1, 2025

Financial Services

Eastern Bankshares, Inc. completed the previously announced merger with HarborOne Bancorp, Inc., effective November 1, 2025. Under the merger agreement HarborOne shareholders received either Eastern stock (subject to proration) or cash, and Eastern issued approximately 26.94 million shares in connection with the transaction, expanding Eastern’s branch and commercial banking footprint in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

First Mid Bancshares Acquires Blackhawk Bancorp

March 21, 2023

Financial Services

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. will acquire 100% of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger in which Blackhawk shareholders will receive 1.15 shares of First Mid common stock for each share of Blackhawk common stock (aggregate consideration of approximately $90.3 million based on First Mid's March 20, 2023 share price). The transaction expands First Mid's footprint with Blackhawk's 10 branches in Wisconsin and Illinois, is expected to close in the second half of 2023 subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, and is projected to be accretive to EPS with significant cost savings and liquidity benefits.