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Deposit premiums for bank mergers, which topped 10% in 2018 for the first time in years, are expected to keep rising as competition for cheap funding intensifies.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 9 -
George Scharpf had been the New Jersey bank's leader since 1981.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 8 -
CEOs on the hot seat. Banks fighting to stay independent. Comfortable players ripe for disruption from Amazon and others. It is shaping up as a riveting year.
By Alan KlineJanuary 8 -
Northeast Bancorp also expects the move to make it more efficient.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 7 -
River Road Financial has agreed to buy Mississippi River Bank in a deal that will bring in a new CEO.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 7 -
Slumping stock prices may force banks to press pause, but the need for low-cost deposits and scale could provide a spark later this year.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 4 -
Stephen Raffaele has been the bank's president since 2016.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 4 -
The Pennsylvania company has agreed to buy Forney Financial Solutions.
By Hilary BurnsJanuary 3 -
HarborOne Bancorp — led by James Blake, one of our five community bankers to watch in 2019 — is a former credit union that recently made its first bank acquisition and has Boston and other markets in its sights.
By Hilary BurnsDecember 27 -
The pressure is on CEO Christopher Myers, one of our community bankers to watch, to make the most of CVB Financial's biggest acquisition to date.
By Hilary BurnsDecember 26