Dean Anason | May 25
Lafayette, La., and Washington are over 1,000 miles apart, but Rusty Cloutier, the founder and chief executive of MidSouth Bancorp, keeps the nation's capital top of mind.
Andy Peters | May 25
First Bancshares of Kansas City, Kan., agreed to sell a controlling stake to an investment group led by David Spehar, the former chief executive of another Kansas City community bank.
Jackie Stewart | May 25
The $442 million-asset company said Friday it had received a warning letter about its failure to meet listing requirements. It has not yet filed its first-quarter results with the SEC.
Rachel Witkowski | May 25
The Renton, Wash., company has yet to announce the results of Thursday's vote, but an activist investor believes his group has won and warns that First Financial could challenge the outcome. Stilwell is attempting to oust Victor Karpiak, the company's chairman and CEO.
Matthew Monks | May 25
Bank dealmaking is no place for vanity, MidSouth CEO Rusty Cloutier says. Sellers need to get real about their prospects, and buyers and sellers need to look beyond face value and short-term valuations, he says in a Q&A.
Robert Barba | May 25
First Republic Bank in San Francisco is planning to raise $150 million through a preferred stock offering.
May 25
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. confirmed its will buy the 26.5% stake in Archstone it doesn't already own for $1.58 billion, ending a high-stakes battle over the control of the apartment giant.
Matthew Monks | May 24
Two small Pennsylvania banks — First Priority Financial of Malvern and Affinity Bancorp of Wyomissing — have announced a deal that would create a 10-branch bank outside Philadelphia.
Dean Anason | May 24
The acquisitive bank in Lafayette, La., benefits from having executives who have lived all over in their careers - but constant relocation can test a marriage, Chief Executive Daryl Byrd says.
Rachel Witkowski | May 24
Harvard Illinois Bancorp's management and board have prevailed in their proxy battle with an activist investor.
Alan Kline | May 24
In a Harvard Business Review op-ed, the ex-Citi and B of A executive provides a glimpse of how she'd run a bank if given the chance.
May 24
Bankers, investment bankers, investors and ex-regulators weighed in with their explanations for the slow bank-deals market and where it goes from here at American Banker's M&A Symposium this week.
May 24
Citigroup on Thursday bought $1.67 billion of complex residential mortgage assets from a Federal Reserve Bank of New York portfolio taken on during the 2008 bailout of American International Group.
May 24
Citigroup Inc. is selling a stake in Turkey’s Akbank TAS (AKBNK) worth about $1.27 billion, according to terms of the offer obtained by Bloomberg News.
Ed Roberts | May 23
Corporate One FCU said this afternoon that members of Florida's Southeast Corporate FCU have approved the combination of the two, creating one of the biggest corporates in the country with $5 billion in assets.
