Growth strategies

People’s United has no intention of stopping at $50 billion

07/16/19

The Connecticut company, which will top that asset milestone when it buys United Financial, says it could buy more banks in coming months.

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Synovus doubles down in Florida

07/16/19

The Georgia regional plans to open more branches in the state as it looks to loan growth and fees as a way to offset intense competition for deposits.

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People's United to cross $50B in assets with United Financial deal

07/15/19

The Connecticut company will add heft in its home state and Massachusetts when it buys the former mutual.

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Vernon Hill’s back in New York, and the playbook looks familiar

07/11/19

A lot has changed since Hill first entered the city, but he is determined to stick with the branch-dependent strategy he relied on before his ouster from Commerce Bank a decade ago.

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Premier to enter new Ky. market with latest bank acquisition

07/11/19

The West Virginia company will pay $15 million in cash for First National Bank of Jackson.

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New banks of 2019

07/09/19

Ribbon-cuttings for de novos have become more common as regulators have warmed up to the idea of granting new charters. These are the banks that have opened this year, along with more that are on track to do so.

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Piper Jaffray to buy Sandler O'Neill for nearly $500 million

07/09/19

The merger will create a firm with heft in financial services M&A, fixed income and equity research.

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Bar Harbor entering central Maine with branch deal

07/08/19

The company will buy eight locations, along with loans and deposits, from People's United.

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Natcom to add heft in Minn. market with Republic acquisition

07/08/19

Natcom will become the second-biggest bank in Duluth, trailing only Wells Fargo.

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The weak underbelly in bank M&A this year

07/05/19

Set aside the large BB&T-SunTrust merger pact, and most deal metrics were way down in the first half of 2019.

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