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Bosshard Financial to reach $1B in assets after McFarland State purchase

10/07/19

The Wisconsin company will have 15 branches in its home state after completing the acquisition.

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Sterling in N.Y. continues to reshape its loan book with acquisitions

10/07/19

The company has agreed to buy a portfolio of commercial loans from Santander Bank.

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Israel Discount Bank in New York has new CEO

10/07/19

Ziv Biron succeeded Uri Levin, who was named CEO of Discount Bank, IDB's Israeli parent company.

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One community banker's plan to reach the underbanked

10/01/19

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

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Glacier to significantly increase scale in Arizona with State Bank deal

10/01/19

The Montana will pay $135 million for a bank with 10 branches in seven Arizona markets.

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First Federal parent announces merger with Cincinnati mutual

09/27/19

Warsaw Federal will keep its name and charter after joining First Mutual Holding in Lakewood, Ohio.

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Will NCUA’s bank-purchase reg meet bankers' demand for 'guardrails'?

09/27/19

The regulator has pledged to put forth a rule on credit union-bank purchases before the end of the year. It's likely to lead to another clash with bankers.

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City National to buy another South Florida bank

09/25/19

The Miami unit of Chile’s Banco de Credito e Inversiones is acquiring Executive National Bank. It bought Miami's TotalBank last year.

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First Citizens announces strategic acquisition in Georgia

09/24/19

The North Carolina company agreed to buy the much-smaller Community Financial Holding.

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Sandy Spring snags final puzzle piece to its D.C. expansion plans

09/24/19

The Maryland company says two recent deals, including its agreement to buy Revere Bank, gives it the right amount of coverage across Washington's suburbs.

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