News Topic: M&A

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions. ... Read full article

Three years ago the core provider Finastra sought the help of Malauzai to meet customers' cutting-edge technology demands. This week, it bought the software maker. ... Read full article

The deal for the Denver commercial lender joins a growing list of large acquisitions being announced in competitive urban markets. ... Read full article

Blue Lion Capital, which has been a vocal critic of the Seattle company's strategy, also wants management to consider selling its MSR portfolio. ... Read full article

Cadence first discussed a deal with the Atlanta target four years ago. But negotiations picked up steam once it was clear State Bank had other suitors. ... Read full article

The Canadian company's ambitions include opening a commercial banking office in Dallas and beefing up lending to the technology, construction engineering and the health care sectors. ... Read full article

The acquisition will help Carolina Trust expand its operations around Charlotte. ... Read full article

The Indiana bank would add nearly $100 million in deposits with its purchase of FM Bancorp. ... Read full article

Charter One wanted to sell itself quickly because it feared valuations had peaked, and CenterState was able to beat other potential suitors to the punch. ... Read full article

The company, which has completed eight acquisitions since 2015, agreed to buy City Bank and Trust in Oklahoma. ... Read full article

Park Financial has agreed to buy shares from one of the founders of Mesaba Bancshares. ... Read full article

The company will gain 10 branches and $145 million in loans after it buys Gideon Bancshares. ... Read full article

Nearly a third of the company's revenue will come from noninterest income after it buys SCB, which owns a large insurance and farmland management business. ... Read full article

Donegal Group and Donegal Mutual Insurance are selling the holding company for Union Community Bank in Lancaster County. ... Read full article

Seacoast's deposits in the central Florida city will increase by 49% after it completes the $133 million acquisition. ... Read full article

The company will pay $114 million to gain 10 branches and $482 million in assets. ... Read full article

While CEO Joseph Ficalora believes acquiring other banks would solve his company's funding issues, outsiders say its culture needs to change. ... Read full article

The Dallas auto lender might lose as much as one-third of its business if it severs ties with the automaker, raising fresh questions about whether its parent company will buy out shareholders and take full ownership. ... Read full article