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CIT Group's $3.4 billion deal for OneWest Bank — the year's largest bank deal — ended long-running M&A speculation surrounding both players. Here's a look at the winners and losers in the deal.

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WINNER: John Thain

The deal represents the banking industry comeback for CIT Group CEO John Thain, who was forced out as Merrill Lynch CEO in January 2009 after Merrill's takeover by Bank of America. Thain will now head a $70 billion-asset commercial and mortgage lender with a big presence in Southern California.

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LOSER: New York Community Bancorp

New York Community Bancorp was long rumored to be interested in OneWest Bank. Joseph Ficalora must now look for a deal target elsewhere.

Related: New York Community Could Stunt Growth to Delay SIFI Status

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WINNER: Private Equity

Hedge fund manager John Paulson (pictured) invested in OneWest Bank in 2009, taking a 24.9% stake. With the sale to CIT, Paulson is reported to have made almost $1 billion on the investment. George Soros and Michael Dell also were OneWest investors.

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LOSER: Wells Fargo

With CIT's acquisition of OneWest, it's less likely that CIT itself would be for sale. That's bad news for Wells Fargo, which in the eyes of some observers could have benefited from adding CIT's high-yielding loans.

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WINNER: CIT's Lending Team

CIT gets what it desperately needed to fuel its commercial lending-low-cost deposits to replace its current higher-cost sources of funds, such as brokered CD's.

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LOSER: CIT's Compliance Team

CIT now takes on the status of being a systemically important financial institution. That means far higher regulatory costs, and worries, as Fed Chair Janet Yellen crafts rules to promote stability in the financial markets.

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LOSER: City National

City National CEO Russell Goldsmith can now start looking over his shoulder. The Beverly Hills bank holds the biggest share of the Los Angeles market among locally owned banks. The combination of OneWest with CIT creates a more formidable rival.

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WINNER: Ellen Alemany

Ellen Alemany may have retired as a full-time banker when she stepped down as head of RBS Citizens Financial Group. But with her recent appointment to CIT's board, and with CIT's deal to get bigger, she'll able to stay active in the banking world.
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