News Topic: M&A

To succeed, the Tennessee company must build on momentum created by BNC, the bank it just agreed to buy. ... Read full article

Fourth-quarter profits at Wintrust Financial in Rosemont, Ill., climbed 54% to $54.6 million from a year earlier, helped largely by acquisitions and increases in mortgage banking and other fee income. ... Read full article

Commercial real estate loan growth and the Hudson City acquisition fueled fourth-quarter profit growth at M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Read full article

Profit surged at BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., during the fourth quarter, driven by various acquisitions and growth in business lending. ... Read full article

The Cleveland company also had a record quarter for its investment banking business. ... Read full article

The Pittsburgh company was aided by high-single-digit organic loan growth in addition to an acquisition that was completed in February. ... Read full article

The $190 million deal would push Renasant above the $10 billion-asset regulatory threshold. ... Read full article

Asset quality remained solid as the Little Rock company improved loan-to-deposit, efficiency ratios last quarter following two major bank acquisitions. ... Read full article

Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance remains a hot topic for financial institutions as regulators can bar them from branch building and bank acquisitions. Here are some notable regulatory actions that are still unresolved. ... Read full article

The company would prefer buying banks with $5 billion to $10 billion in assets unless it finds an appealing alternative in a strategic market such as Raleigh or Nashville. ... Read full article

Mary Lynn Lenz shares some insight on M&A challenges and turnaround success, Sallie Krawcheck says Wall Street diversity can't get worse and Ginni Rometty explains why IBM bought Promontory. ... Read full article

The company recently received Fed approval to increase its ownership in Carter to 9%. ... Read full article

Salisbury Bancorp in Lakeville, N.Y., has agreed to buy a branch from ES Bancshares in Newburgh. ... Read full article

There is optimism that consolidation could bounce back from a lackluster 2016 as bank stock rally. At the same time, expectations of regulatory easing and tax reform could entice more banks to stay independent, at least in the short term. ... Read full article

Advia Credit Union in Parchment, Mich., has agreed to buy Peoples Bank in Elkhorn, Wis. ... Read full article

The company will pay $23.4 million for the $194 million-asset parent of Capaha Bank. ... Read full article