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Nearly a quarter of Investors Bancorp's branches will be near the Philadelphia suburbs once it completes its acquisitions of Gateway Community and Roma Financial.
April 8 -
The nation's biggest mutual thrift has endured litigation, activists' protests and a check-kiting scandal at Roma, a thrift it is trying to buy.
July 5 -
United Bancshares (UBSI) in Charleston, W.Va., and Virginia Commerce Bancorp (VCBI) in Arlington have pushed back the deadline for their merger as they await final regulatory approval.
December 2
Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., has received approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy Roma Financial (ROMA) in Robbinsville, N.J.
The $13.8 billion-asset Investors said late Monday that it expects to complete the long-awaited acquisition on Dec. 6. Still, the companies also agreed to extend the period where they can terminate the merger to Dec. 31 from Nov. 30.
Investors
Investors has also been considering a second-step conversion, though those plans largely relied on it completing the Roma deal because the company can no longer by mutual after it converts.
Several other banking companies, including United Bancshares (UBSI) in Charleston, W.Va., and Mercantile Bank (MBWM) in Grand Rapids, Mich., have pushed back the completion dates for acquisitions after