Growth strategies

Wintrust continues Chicago suburb expansion with SBC purchase

07/25/19

The company agreed to buy the parent of Countryside Bank for $90.5 million.

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Spirit of Texas expanding eastward with latest deal

07/25/19

The company agreed to pay $66 million for the parent of Citizens State Bank in Tyler, Texas.

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Associated adding heft near St. Louis with First Staunton acquisition

07/25/19

The Wisconsin regional agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank in Staunton for $76 million in cash.

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South Plains Financial moving into western Texas with bank deal

07/25/19

South Plains' agreement to buy West Texas State Bank is its first major move since conducting an initial public offering in May.

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Banner deepens ties to California with AltaPacific acquisition

07/24/19

The Washington company will have more than $1 billion in assets in southern California when the $87 million deal closes.

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Investors Bancorp to double its Long Island operations with Gold Coast deal

07/24/19

The $64 million acquisition is the first for Investors since it was freed from a regulatory order tied to Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

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WesBanco joins parade of W.Va. banks into D.C. area

07/24/19

A company that operates mostly in rural markets is finally making a push into the thriving mid-Atlantic markets of Washington and Baltimore with its deal for Old Line Bancshares.

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Old Line in Maryland to sell to WesBanco for $500 million

07/23/19

WesBanco, which is based in West Virginia, will have more than $15 billion in assets when it completes the acquisition.

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First Bancshares fills key gap in its Gulf Coast expansion effort

07/23/19

The Mississippi bank has agreed to buy First Florida Bancorp in Destin, Fla., as part of its plan to build a community bank stretching across the Gulf region.

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First South credit union to buy WinFirst Bank in Kentucky

07/23/19

There have now been a record 10 credit union-bank merger deals in 2019.

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