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DFCU Financial reached a deal to acquire Winter Park National Bank in the Orlando metropolitan area. It was a record 20th credit union-bank merger of the year.
November 8 -
The Honolulu-based seller had faced pushback from an investor group that stepped in with a competing offer. But it ultimately secured enough votes to approve the sale to Hope Bancorp.
November 6 -
Multiple lenders filled leadership roles across the country, including National Bankshares in Virginia, while Peoples Financial in Pennsylvania said its CEO would step down.
November 4 -
The buyer said it would pay $127 million in stock to acquire William Penn Bancorp in suburban Bristol, Pennsylvania.
November 1 -
The Honolulu-based banks were reportedly in advanced discussions. But the would-be buyer said "the parties are no longer currently engaged in discussions."
October 31 -
The $24 billion-asset bank fully integrated its acquisition of Lakeland Bancorp during the third quarter, and that milestone has positioned the bank for growth, executives said.
October 30 -
The Honolulu-based seller, which plans a Nov. 6 shareholder vote on the deal, posted a third-quarter loss and reiterated its commitment to the Hope agreement. But an offer with a higher price from an investor group is also on the table.
October 28 -
The bank cut its dividend, raised capital, hired multiple top executives and vowed to reduce its commercial real estate concentration after a bruising first half of 2024.
October 24 -
Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, said it would acquire First State Bank of the Southeast in Middlesboro, Kentucky. It was the 19th such deal announced this year.
October 23 -
Other acquisitive executives, however, say that interest rate cuts have hastened already-active deal discussions, as more banks seek scale and business line diversity.
October 22 -
The merged company's footprint would cover what Atlantic Union CEO John Asbury has called the golden crescent, stretching from Baltimore south to Hampton Roads.
October 21 -
The Arkansas bank said CRE is no longer its principal growth driver, yet it is still the bank's most prominent business and a big part of its robust lending activity.
October 18 -
The Buffalo, New York-based bank said its commercial real estate portfolio continued to shrink, but this was more than offset by business and consumer lending.
October 17 -
The Minneapolis-based company said third-quarter average total loans slipped 1% from a year earlier. Still, it remains focused on organic expansion and averse to bank acquisitions.
October 16 -
He will succeed Kevin Riley, who previously announced plans to step down this year. Reuter retired last spring after leading FirstBank Holding in Colorado since 2017.
October 10 -
The Honolulu-based bank's board continues to recommend selling to Hope Bancorp in Los Angeles, despite a competing offer that includes a higher price tag.
October 9 -
River Run Bancorp near Boston said it would acquire Rollstone Bank and Trust, adding to a string of industry combinations as M&A activity gathers momentum in the second half of 2024.
October 7 -
The $3.4 billion-asset organization based in Phoenix said it would acquire 1st Bank Yuma in the record-setting 17th deal of 2024 involving a credit union buying a bank.
October 3 -
Multiple lenders recruited and promoted from within to fill leadership posts. Orrstown Financial Services disclosed the retirement of its planned CEO successor.
October 1 -
The Chicago-based bank said it would acquire First Security Bancorp in Elmwood Park. The transaction would push it close to $10 billion of assets.
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