Chris Cumming | May 16
Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., has struck a deal for Summit Bancshares of Tulsa that would nearly double its asset base in Oklahoma.
Andy Peters | May 15
Cathay General Bancorp has agreed to acquire about $40 million of deposits and a Las Vegas branch from SWNB Bancorp, marking Cathay's entrance in the Vegas market.
Robert Barba | May 15
Central Arizona Bank, a unit of Capitol Bancorp, was set to be shut down with two sister banks last Friday, but a legal challenge bought it a few extra days.
Brian Browdie | May 15
Union Bank in San Francisco is expanding its services for homeowners' associations with a deal to buy First Bank Association Bank Services in Vallejo, Calif..
Chris Cumming | May 15
Atlantic Coast Financial's quarterly loss widened as its lending income fell and expenses rose.
Robert Barba | May 14
State regulators seized a third bank unit of Capitol Bancorp., $31.6 million-asset Central Arizona Bank in Scottsdale, Ariz, in a rare Tuesday failure.
Maria Aspan | May 14
Citigroup is selling its Brazilian credit card and consumer finance business to Banco Itaú Unibanco.
Andy Peters | May 14
Independent Bank Corp. agreed to acquire Mayflower Bancorp in its second deal for a Massachusetts company in the past year.
Robert Barba | May 14
Popular in Puerto Rico is selling another book of loans as part of its attack on credit problems. The multimillion-dollar hit from the sale will be offset by a gain from the IPO of a payments processor.
Andy Peters | May 14
Bill Smith, the head of Capital City Bank Group in Tallashassee, Fla., speaks for many bankers when he says he's ready to start buying banks after eight years on the sidelines -- but not for another 18 months. Or more.
May 14
A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended May 11.
Robert Barba | May 13
A court deadline this week and the failure of two of Capitol's banks last week have added to the Lansing, Mich., company's increasingly tense bankruptcy.
Andy Peters | May 13
First Merchants in Muncie, Ind., was looking to get closer — but not too close — to the Chicago market when it agreed to buy CFS Bancorp of Munster, Ind.
Harvard Winters | May 13
Bank M&A “rainmakers” have been trying to make it rain for years. Most have little to show for it. Buy-side advisers that have made it rain often end up with disappointed clients.
Chris Cumming | May 13
Old Line Bancshares in Bowie, Md., has appointed Mark Semanie as its chief operating officer to help manage its recent growth.
