Growth strategies

Ohio banks announce $473 million merger

09/09/19

The deal between First Defiance and United Community would create a $6 billion-asset bank.

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RBB entering Chicago with PGB acquisition

09/06/19

Both banks focus on the Chinese-American community.

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BV Financial to expand in northeast Maryland with acquisition

09/06/19

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

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Why bank M&A is flourishing in the Garden State

09/04/19

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

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Inside a small bank's struggle to find a buyer

09/03/19

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 company.

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Texas Capital hires Deutsche Bank escrow team

09/03/19

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

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Bank Iowa agrees to buy First State Bank of Colfax

08/30/19

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

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Farmers National expands near Cleveland with Maple Leaf purchase

08/30/19

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

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First Midwest making big Milwaukee push with Park Bank purchase

08/28/19

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

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Liquidity concerns drove LegacyTexas to sell

08/27/19

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.

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