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- United Community Bancorp (NASDAQ: UCBA) is a bank holding company for United Community Bank, which provides retail and commercial banking products and services primarily to consumers and businesses in southeastern Indiana. The bank offers deposit products including checking accounts, NOW and money market accounts, regular savings accounts, and certificates of deposit; its lending portfolio encompasses one-to-four-family residential real estate loans, multi-family real estate loans, nonresidential real estate and land loans, construction loans, commercial loans, and consumer loans such as home equity loans, lines of credit, loans secured by savings accounts or certificates of deposit, new farm and garden equipment loans, automobile and recreational vehicle loans, and secured and unsecured personal loans. Founded in 1924 and headquartered at 92 Walnut Street in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the company operates through an eight-branch network in the region, including locations in the Cincinnati MSA, and remains a subsidiary of United Community MHC, a federally chartered mutual holding company. In March 2018, United Community Bancorp entered into a definitive merger agreement with Civista Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CIVB), under which Civista agreed to acquire the company in a deal that would have combined total assets of approximately $2.1 billion, total loans of $1.5 billion, and total deposits of $1.7 billion while maintaining all eight branches open; no updates on completion have been publicly confirmed as of late 2025. The company continues to emphasize community-focused banking with low-cost core deposit funding and commercial lending growth in its markets.