M&A

IPO to boost lending capacity at Esquire Financial

06/02/17

The New York company, which plans to raise about $40 million by going public, could also use the funds to make acquisitions.

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A big bet on Atlanta by Charter Financial

06/02/17

More than half of the company's loans and deposits would be in the Atlanta area after it buys Resurgens Bancorp.

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A well-known digital bank could be back on the block

05/31/17

Customers Bancorp is weighing two cash offers and other options for BankMobile after Flagship Community Bank was unable to raise the capital needed to buy the unit.

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KeyCorp to buy fintech firm that helped it score with customers

05/31/17

KeyCorp is acquiring HelloWallet, a personal financial management product it has offered its bank customers since 2015, from the investment research firm Morningstar.

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FB Financial retools M&A deal to address Fed concern

05/30/17

The company was set to sell a 24% stake in itself to buy two Tennessee banks but has restructured the arrangement to avoid a potential conflict cited by a regulator.

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Missing (so far) in CIT’s overhaul: More loans, deposits

05/30/17

Aggressive restructuring moves and stock buybacks are giving CIT time to remold itself, but it will need to show core-banking growth to stave off calls for the company to sell itself.

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Sterling: New CRA score should quell concerns on Astoria deal

05/30/17

The OCC recently gave Sterling a 'satisfactory' rating and said the New York bank had addressed some concerns by the Fed that had leaked to the public and raised questions about its pending M&A deal.

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The streamlining of Citi continues with sale of Yield Book

05/30/17

Citigroup has agreed to sell its fixed-income analytics and index business, which includes the nearly 30-year-old Yield Book platform, for $685 million.

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First Data to buy CardConnect for $750 million

05/30/17

First Data hopes to enhance its ability to integrate payments with other merchant services by acquiring the processor and technology company CardConnect, which is already one of First Data's largest distribution partners.

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Fayette County Bank becomes year's sixth failure

05/26/17

The bank is the second failure in Illinois so far in 2017. Seaway Bank was closed in late January.

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