Consolidations

Why this 125-year-old thrift is getting into commercial lending

05/11/18

Capitol Federal Financial has mostly relied on mortgages throughout its history. Its acquisition of a commercial lender will change that.

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Serial acquirer BayCom raises $67M through IPO

05/09/18

The California company ended up selling 1 million more shares than it had originally planned to offer.

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Optimal time for sub debt?

05/08/18

Subordinated debt issuance, which took a back seat as bank stocks surged, could regain popularity as growth-minded banks become leery of market volatility.

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John Marshall Bank taps veteran Washington banker as next CEO

05/03/18

Christopher Bergstrom led Cardinal Financial when it sold itself to United Bankshares in 2017.

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Brand ambition: When a bank outgrows its name

05/02/18

It might make sense to scrap a decades-old name, especially for banks with aggressive growth plans.

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Serial acquirer back on track after years in penalty box

04/26/18

Dan Rollins engineered nearly a dozen deals while at Prosperity Bank. Now CEO at BancorpSouth, he has returned to M&A after spending four frustrating years dealing with compliance issues.

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Imagining a world in which credit unions pay income taxes

04/25/18

Putting aside the spin of both credit unions and banks, we offer some informed predictions about how the financial industry would be reconfigured if the century-old tax break were to disappear.

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As M&A rebounds in Atlanta, choice targets become scarce

04/25/18

Buyers are scooping up many of the market's biggest banks, making it harder for others to gain scale.

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Iberia sets higher expectations with 2020 return targets

04/20/18

The Louisiana company has vowed to meaningfully improve investor returns and efficiency over the next two years.

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New name suggests regional focus for growing N.J. bank

04/19/18

Sussex Bank, which recently completed its first whole-bank acquisition, is rebranding itself as SB One Bank.

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