M&A
The green light from the central bank is the latest in a series of approvals of billion-dollar bank mergers. However, the Columbia-Umpqua deal is still waiting on a thumbs-up from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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The addition of investment bank Capstone Partners and the wider geographic footprint that resulted from the acquisition of TCF Financial helped drive a 58% increase in net income during the third quarter.
October 21 -
The Cincinnati bank reported strong growth from Dividend Finance, which offers renewable energy loans, and Provide, which lends money to health care professionals. The two units were bright spots as the company's net income dropped by 7.2%.
October 20
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Citizens Financial said it would pay $67.4 million to buy HV Bancorp, the holding company for Huntingdon Valley Bank, in a bid to expand in Greater Philadelphia.
October 19 -
The Boston company said Tuesday that its $3.5 billion acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman's investor service business is facing pushback from regulators. The deal's completion is now in doubt even though State Street has come up with a number of modifications, including lowering the purchase price.
October 18 -
Third-quarter results at the Minneapolis bank were powered by loan growth and rising interest rates, partially offset by lower noninterest income. Shortly after the company released its earnings report, it received regulatory approval for its acquisition of MUFG Union Bank.
October 14 -
The regulators laid out several measures that would change how large but not global systemically important banks capitalize and structure themselves.
October 14 -
The Southern California branches will be sold to HomeState Bank, a Seattle-based community bank. The Department of Justice required the sale as part of U.S. Bancorp's pending acquisition of MUFG Union Bank.
October 13 -
The number of U.S. banks has dropped by two-thirds since the mid-1980s. Everyone expects this trend to continue for the foreseeable future. But at what point does M&A cool?
September 21 -
The Minneapolis bank extended its purchase agreement until the end of 2022, six months after the deal's original targeted closing date. Large-bank acquisitions have been drawing closer regulatory scrutiny during the Biden administration.
September 16
