Capital

Popular to record big gain after exiting FDIC loss-share agreement

05/24/18

The agreement was tied to the Puerto Rico company's 2010 purchase of the failed Westernbank.

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Get ready for some big bank deals

05/23/18

A recent wave of high-premium acquisitions, paired with sweeping regulatory reform, is setting the stage for more large-scale M&A.

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Timberland in Wash. expands near Seattle with South Sound purchase

05/23/18

The planned acquisition will add $187 million in assets in the Puget Sound area.

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German American to enter three Ky. markets with First Security deal

05/23/18

The Indiana company agreed to pay $101 million for the $586 million-asset First Security.

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Independent in Texas takes big leap in Denver with Guaranty acquisition

05/22/18

Independent's branch network in Denver will nearly triple after it completes the $1 billion acquisition.

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Rebranded Texas bank raises $90M in capital

05/22/18

MapleMark Bank, which was known as First National Bank of Edgewood when it was bought by an investment group last year, will use the funds to support commercial lending and private banking.

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Regulate bank behavior, not capital, to prevent next crisis

05/22/18

Policymakers should spend more time focused on limiting risky activity through measures like the Volcker Rule than on demanding ever-higher levels of bank capital.

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Hanmi is latest acquirer to buy a bank in Houston

05/22/18

The Asian-American bank agreed to buy SWNB Bancorp for $77 million.

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Fifth Third makes major return to bank M&A

05/21/18

The company has agreed to pay nearly $5 billion for MB Financial in a deal that will provide immediate scale in Chicago.

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Va. bank raises $39M after two years of significant loan growth

05/17/18

Total loans at Old Dominion National Bank have tripled since 2016.

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