M&A

Huntington to buy investment bank with public finance focus

08/10/18

Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. in Chicago focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

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BankMobile spin-off hits snag, faces possible delay

08/10/18

Customers Bancorp said Flagship Community Bank has temporarily withdrawn its application with the FDIC to acquire the digital bank.

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Huntington to pick up Chicago muni brokerage in strategic growth play

08/09/18

Huntington Bancshares Inc. will acquire the Chicago-based municipal shop Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. as both look to broaden their public finance reach.

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Union-owned Amalgamated launches initial public offering

08/09/18

While Workers United will no longer own more than half of Amalgamated's stock, it will remain the bank's biggest investor.

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Okla. community bank to be sold to owners of large mortgage lender

08/08/18

Gateway Mortgage's owners plan to merge the mortgage lender into Farmers Exchange Bank.

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Takeover, makeover: How Beneficial deal will fund WSFS tech revamp

08/08/18

While most acquirers are content to let cost savings trickle down to the bottom line, WSFS will use the purchase of Beneficial to reinvent itself.

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WSFS to jump over $10B threshold with Beneficial acquisition

08/08/18

The Delaware plans to reinvest savings from the $1.5 billion acquisition to upgrade technology and delivery channels.

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Oklahoma bank widening reach with acquisition

08/07/18

N.B.C. Bancshares' deal for Bank of Cushing will give it two branches an hour outside of Tulsa.

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What funding bubble? Banks, VC firms pour more money into fintechs

08/07/18

The skeptics keep waiting for investment in financial startups to dry up, but it doubled in the first half of 2018. KPMG's Safwan Zaheer explains why.

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The painstaking process to sell a family's century-owned bank

08/06/18

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.

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