M&A

Partnership Community latest Wisconsin bank being sold

01/23/19

Bank First's deal for Partnership is the third Wisconsin bank merger announced this week.

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Loans sold, partnership renewed, lawsuit dropped: Synchrony’s win-win-win

01/23/19

In selling its Walmart credit card portfolio to Capital One and extending a partnership with Sam’s Club that appeared to be in peril, Synchrony Financial avoids an expensive legal battle with the world’s largest retailer.

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BankUnited unloads nearly all of its remaining taxi loans

01/23/19

The Florida bank sold $344 million of taxi-medallion and other loans in the fourth quarter, saying it was positioning itself for the future.

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Fifth Third eyes middle market in Texas, Colorado

01/22/19

CEO Greg Carmichael says the Cincinnati bank will hire bankers in Denver, Dallas and Houston as part of a broader expansion into fast-growing markets that are home to lots of midsize firms. It is also interested in buying more fee-based businesses.

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Provident Financial to buy New York wealth management firm

01/22/19

Provident's investment adviser unit will have nearly $3 billion in assets under management after it buys Tirschwell & Loewy.

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Community Bank System adding scale in Upstate N.Y. with Kinderhook deal

01/22/19

The company will pay $93 million for Kinderhook Bank, which has a concentrations of branches around Albany.

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Citizens Community to enter new Wisconsin market with latest acquisition

01/22/19

The company will top $1 billion in assets after it buys the parent of F&M Bank in Tomah, Wis.

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Wisconsin banks announce plans to merge

01/21/19

Greenwoods Financial will have $270 million in assets when it buys Fox River Financial.

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People’s United buys tech finance firm

01/18/19

The acquisition of VAR Technology Finance bolsters the bank's efforts to expand into new areas of lending.

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KeyCorp to buy digital platform from Conn. community bank

01/17/19

The online platform, created by Laurel Road Bank in 2013, allows users to refinance student loans and originate mortgages.

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