Assistant Managing Editor

Dean Anason is leader of the Mergers & Acquisitions community page on americanbanker.com, the go-to source of information and analysis of bank deals and integrations. In two stints at American Banker that span more than a decade, Anason has served as assistant managing editor, national editor, Washington bureau chief and Capitol Hill reporter.  He was an assistant business editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and began his career as the health-care reporter for Atlanta Business Chronicle. He is based in his hometown of Atlanta.

Tune In to PNC's "Jim and Lois Show"
April 26, 2012 Lois Kreitzer is a regular at shareholder meetings of the Pittsburgh bank. She and PNC CEO James Rohr made nice during the Q&A...

PNC Urged to Stop Financing Controversial Mining
April 24, 2012 Several attendees of the Pittsburgh bank's annual meeting complained to CEO James Rohr that PNC does business with coal mining...

How PNC Says It Will Make the RBC Deal Pay Off Soon
April 18, 2012 Costs related to the integration of RBC Bank weighed down PNC's first-quarter earnings, but officials emphasized the...

There Isn't Enough Room in Banking for All These Superregionals
March 28, 2012 They get better PR than the megabanks, they can outmuscle small banks, yet the ranks of major regionals are poised to dwindle....

Niche Deals Panel
March 15, 2012 Used-card lenders, insurance agencies, currency exchangers, trust services providers and equipment leasing firms are the new...

Fact vs. Fiction: Dodd Frank and M&A
March 15, 2012 The very words “Dodd-Frank” strike fear in many bankers, and the financial reform law’s various supervisory...

Take Two on BB&T Deal for BankAtlantic
March 13, 2012 BB&T said Tuesday that it would pay off holders of BankAtlantic's trust-preferred securities and take an interest in...

Mortgage Violations Went Far Beyond Robo-Signing; Managers Deserve Blame, U.S. Says
March 13, 2012 Breaking News This Morning ... BB&T modifies its agreement to acquire BankAtlantic Receiving Wide Coverage ......

Morning Scan
March 13, 2012 Breaking News This Morning ... BB&T modifies agreement to acquire BankAtlantic Receiving Wide Coverage ... Robo-signing...

Thursday, February 23
February 23, 2012 Receiving Wide Coverage ... Hold it, They've Got Ideas: A funny thing happened on the way to the Republican presidential...