News Topic: Growth strategies

Both banks focus on the Chinese-American community. ... Read full article

The Baltimore company will pay $31 million for MB Bancorp. ... Read full article

Intense competition for deposits and a growing need for scale are spurring more New Jersey banks to seek out buyers. ... Read full article

AltaPacific's recent agreement to sell itself to Banner Corp. came after it started down a list 14 financial institutions last year, held discussions with at least nine suitors, and considered deals with a credit union and a business development ... Read full article

The Dallas bank has recruited three executives from Deutsche to establish a unit in New York that holds assets in escrow for clients. ... Read full article

Bank Iowa will gain a branch in a neighboring market when it completes the acquisition. ... Read full article

Farmers will pay $40 million for the bank, which is in an affluent area in northeast Ohio. ... Read full article

The company will pay $195 million for its first retail operations in the city. ... Read full article

The Plano bank, which is being sold to Prosperity Bancshares in one of the industry's biggest M&A deals this year, was also worried about credit quality, a regulatory filing shows. ... Read full article

How is the Pennsylvania bank trying to differentiate itself in wealth management? By assembling a team of private bankers to cater to the complex needs of high-net-worth clients. ... Read full article

The company has agreed to buy Albany Bancshares, which has four branches near the Iowa border. ... Read full article

Community First will pay $40 million in cash for the parent of Affinity Bank. ... Read full article

The Louisiana company will enter two new markets after it buys the locations. ... Read full article

ZSuite Technologies digitizes a number of services that banks provide to landlords. ... Read full article

The company will pay $113 million for a commercial lender based in its backyard. ... Read full article

Christopher Maher is kicking the tires on an "acquisition of size" that would propel the New Jersey bank across the $10 billion-asset mark. ... Read full article

The Iowa company will pay QCR Holdings about $59 million for Rockland Bank and Trust. ... Read full article

Acquiring the Nebraska bank would give CIT Group access to billions of low-cost deposits to fuel a go-it-alone growth plan. CEO Ellen Alemany says it could also make her company "more valuable" to potential buyers if it ever wants to sell. ... Read full article